Kimi Raikkonen's Costly Championship Points

F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen nearly bankrupted his Lotus team by being too good. According to his contract, he would receive €50,000 for each championship point he scored. Lotus thought their car would be so uncompetitive that year that it would not be a problem. Kimi went on to score 390 points in two years, including 13 podium finishes and two race wins at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the 2013 Australian Grand Prix.

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