Jordan Pins Finns’ Wins on Sins

Team owner Eddie Jordan has come out in fierce support of the vodka-soaked carnival of debauchery that is Kimi Raikkonen’s life.

In fact, he implies that the main reason that Finns--including King Hakkinen The Hasty--are such savage speed freaks is that, as a people, they are puking drunk all day and night, all the christforsaken time.

Says Eddie:

It's a well-known fact the Finns love a bevy and can consume heroic quantities of alcohol, and Kimi is just following a national tradition. The Irish get lashed on pints of Guinness but the Finns do it with enormous amounts of vodka…

[Kimi’s] been caught absolutely bladdered on several occasions but it's to be expected…and why the hell not? Providing it's not during a race weekend or during testing I feel Kimi is entitled to get hammered every now and again.

Fellow Finns Keke Rosberg and Mika Hakkinen both liked a drink and a smoke behind closed doors and it never did them any harm. They both won world titles.

If you change someone's make-up they don't perform to their best. When you sign a driver with Raikkonen's talent you just have to accept the way he likes to live his life. It's a sad day when you are trying to force your aces to become even more corporate.