F1 Drivers Explain Why They Race With Their Number 

He could now, everyone still would know it is him.

You forgot the "bwoah" Hahah

Just Kimi doing Kimi things. That's what we love him for.

Here at 777 likes

He was like Idk

I know right!

Yeah Tommy , ask him again he will tell that his lotus car number was 7!😀

I love your vids mate!!

*emotional

I was waiting for Kimi

it’s rosbergs fault technically, kimi wanted 6

@@jimjimsauce ye but he knew Nico wanted 6

such an underrated comment hahahahahah

And the sad music during Charles's talking , even makes it funnier 🤣

thank you i didnt watch the video

i thought the same thing when he said that haha

His goal is beyond our own understading.

Dude same

He probably meant that. English is probably not his first language right?

@@marchii6414 it does the same thing though so he was still correct with what he said. Yes, doubling 11 makes 22, but also if you add +1 to 1 it makes 2, so the two 2’s make 22. It’s not the way I would’ve thought of it but if it makes sense to him then that’s really all that matters lol

Kimi just wanted to pick a number so he picked up dat 😂

"was taking a s . . ." and #7 came out . . .

@@car-enthusiast3141 however it makes sense to choose number 7, thinking about 2007🏎🏆🥇

Too old to be playing this game. LOL

Comment of the year... so far. 🤣👏🏽

That number is also a subtle hint itself...

@@brianwong7285 2007

Kimi actually being a nice guy there. He could pick 6 and force Nico to race with something else because he finished ahead of him but he allow him to take 6 fun fact: Jules Bianchi also wanted to use 7. That's probably why Charles want to use 7 as well Kimi racing Hero is James Hunt 7 is the number Hunt use in his last McLaren and Full F1 season

And I though he was gonna say like "bwoah, it's a prime number and I took it"

It was actually the number he was driving for Lotus with in 2013, so he just picked that one since Rosberg wanted #6 and he didn’t really care too much.

Vettel left the chat...

Ferrari was so keen on saving money that he was their only choice without a complete paint job.

All part of the ferrari máster 🅱️lan

and they spent that budget to improve a little bit

@@josephjoestar4633 Didn't save enough for a new gearbox for Laclerc in Monaco.

As it should beee

FOR WHAT?!!🇫🇮🇫🇮

It was actually nice of Kimi to give it to Nico

44th president, sadly

Sadly, 44th president

He and Grosjean picked the numbers they already had.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂😂

Unni

Seit wann F1 Fan ? 😃😃GTA Challanges waren immer sooo geil von dir 👌👌👌

Never knew Kimi to be this emotional! Very unexpected!

@@joelxoegleoj1421 seit ca. 2004

You know what he meant adding up all the birthdays together?

@@dnm4554 family birthdays

@@dnm4554 probably the days in the the month he, his mother and hhis dad have their birthdays and then added them

@@dnm4554 The days in the month that he (22), his mum (2), his dad (3) and his sister (20) were born.

and what does he mean 47= for michael....i dont get it

James G, have you heard news that Emilia Romagna GP was cancelled recently?

​@@damarfadlan9251Yes

Nico's dad is Finnish, maybe that's why he wanted 6, but since Nico wanted it, he gave it to him, hunt is also used 6

That is true, so kind of him. Kimi is awesome even though I’m a Lewis fan

Chad!

Cause he's a legend, he literally doesn't care about these kind of things lol. He'd be like "Boah, give me whatever that's left "

@@urville yeah I believe Keke Rosberg won his WDC with the number 6

Kimi being Kimi... 😂😂😂 I love it

BWOAH

Cheers for pointing that out. Every word he spoke was clear and sharp to the point.

I had so many difficulties to understand him XD

Kimi's is such a Kimi reason

Yo dawg we heard you like 3 so we put a 3 on your 3 so you can 3 while you 3

GENIUS MOMENT

3 to the power of 3 no?

the exact same story as carlos 😂

Ah, missed chance. You should have written; Max: I one two trees 😜

Rosberg being the first Finnish F1 champion, Kimi obviously has a lot of respect for him and his son !

This is why we love kimi

And now Latifi gets the 6. Very lucky for Latifi

Wait u got 1,6 Likes in 3 days for this comment and love him just for an number?

@@pushinp1 if you understand "just" from what he said, you have a reading problem man :)

I laughed so hard when i saw this. Charles is low-key high-key salty about it and Kimi is like "ehhh, I just chose it because without one I couldn't drive"

99% sure that any other driver before Charles would have picked 7 instead of whatever second choice they actually chose because 7 is the lucky number

Probably already filled a form ready to go the day Kimi retires!

​@@jmm6165 Pass. No idea. Is there any limit on the number that can be chosen? Like 2 digits?

Just want to say that I'm surprised by how many people liked this. (it's my first 1k 😄)

Actually the best story of them all

Yeah he's more 14 than any other driver could have been. In fact the Alpine symbol looks like a 14.

@@hanabisenju9051 And the Alonso surname too with the 41onso

Football player Xabi Alonso has number 14 as well

@@nicotrama4817 Now that blew my mind xD I'm a RM fan, and 14 is my favorite number

That's how normal people think about number. Kimi doesn't care about what number he takes.

i think Charles maybe wanted 7 because it’s 10 less than Jules Bianchi who had 17

@@whatever16jb17 yeah thats why he stuck with 16🥺

Can drivers change their numbers though? I thought it was permanent, unless maybe if a driver stops racing in F1 for 3 years, and comes back with their vacated number now being used by a new driver

@@abird9387 I’m sure there’s a way around those rules. Kimi won’t be back and it doesn’t look like any rookies will be on the grid next year.

and that ladies and gentlemen is why leclerc stole his seat

I read this in both of their voices 😂😂😆

No, Kimi, you won't have the number.

@@MDDeGrande1994 Must have been like that 😂

Sounded like bottas wanted 7 too so 2 guys denied cause kimi couldn't be bothered changing haha

I thought that was sweet too

@@leriava Same

Actually it was inspired from "007" Or may be he won F1 championship on 2007 Joking... LOL

Pretty sure nico gets to pick before Kimi since he finished higher than him in the championships but we'll never know the full story unless nico makes a video on it xD

@@mitsako1 They started this from the season 2014 onwards. In 2013 Kimi was fifth, and Nico sixth so I would think Kimi got to pick first?

Love him so much for that😂😂

What does Latifi have to do with it? 😅

Antonio the messiah

@@Lars._ he's not the messiah, he's a very noughty boy!

@@aaronrigg5208 he is the messiah take it or leave it

Amen

Apart from kimi

and 2 chose the number of their fav football players!

@Isaiah Finch he's still young....

@Isaiah Finch I'm just joking man🤣

@Isaiah Finch he is still very young, I reckon he can race for another 15 years

Ive always thought that the finns had a connection cuz kimi was 7 and bottas is 77

“30 years ago....”

@@KayJblue alonso's a rookie because he drove in the young drivers test in abu dhabi last year He is young and talented. Maybe he can become world champion one day, he is the most promising rookie of the season

HAHAHAHAH

@@KayJblue Niki Lauda told us

Hmmmmmmmmm how did he race on 2005???

Leclerc don't have a story either and he took kimi seat.Kimi engineer sounds like leclerc kimi took leclerc seat later leclerc wanted the number 7 but kimi took it year's ago and much more

BWOAH

"They wouldn't let me race without a number"

@@JoshyJay yes Kimi, you must have a numba

Kimi been kimi 😅

Yeesss I was thinking the same thing when i watched this :D

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Just like how all indonesian pronounce three

THANK YOU, I love this comment so much

Look out itchy he’s Irish

If I like this it goes to 8, so to those about to like, please leave it as 7 for KIMI.

Bahahahahahaha

Well... It was 906.. I liked it and made it 907.. So it still has a 7 in it for Kimi!

At the time of writing this the number of likes (including my like) is 987 so it still has a 7 for Kimi

lol

I PICK WHAT I WANT

Ye

yes, that's right. "I had to pick up the number, so I picked up this" incredible

He's also so nonchalantly nice. "I liked number 6, but I knew Rosberg wanted it because his father won with it, so I just went with 7"

I honestly thought he would say “I just picked a number” but he actually had a nice story behind it

Actually. "I wanted 6 but Nico also wanted it to honor his dad. So I kept 7 which I already had." And indeed he is.

Because it is just a hobby for him

Kimi is a legend 😂😂😂😂

Maybe in the future we could say: “Yuki Tsunoda: Perez had my number so I took his RB seat”

Max: Danny Ric was still with Red Bull when i got promoted to the team, so i can't join this bandwagon Lando: Wait, i'm not the first British driver to use number 4? (the first was Max Chilton with Marussia) Yuki: If i end up taking a McLaren seat i hope it's Jenson's (Button had been number 22) Fernando: If you do make that move Yuki, don't punt a blue car at Portier (Jenson was subbing for Fernando in 2017 when a divebomb punted Pascal Wehrlein's number 94 Sauber onto its side) Antonio: Wait, i'm not the first Sauber/Alfa Romeo driver to use number 99? (2014, Adrian Sutil)

plot twist : Perez had my number so I took his RB seat

Underrated

Kid Lando doesn't even know what it means.

They didn't let him

He tried 😂

I will pray there will be no other idiots to ruin the 69 likes....if anyone is feels like liking somewhere do it here...keep the 69

@@ArjunSDev Already at 83, our only chance is to like until it reaches 99999999999 and force it to reset to 0 again

I never thought about it before but when you mention it, he have always had the number 7.

Maah

Kimi 7 campion 2007

Bwoah

Are you implying other drivers aren't being themselves?

I made it 77 , no while I am writing it is done 78

Im so proud of this threads ability to read numbers.

Hahaha same here and I thought I was the only one!

😂😂😂

Haaland: why not?

Kimi : I don't know, you'll have to tell me

Bwoah

No Kimi, you will not have the number 6

Funny thing is, stitious is actually a little used word, meaning someone who likes reading.

I loved that he made this joke. I hope more people have noticed that. The more I know about Stroll, more I like him.

Dont you meen Michael Stroll?

@@hanshima_ yeah he seems like a genuinely nice guy +he improved a lot last year

Awesome^^

That's one of those reasons everyone likes Kimi :)

And leclerc wanted 7 but it was taken, because kimi had to choose a number :))

@@andreilmi4 Well Charles wasn’t in F1 in 2014

Well, he understood he has to give respect for the first Finnish champion, Rosberg !

Kimi should be happy with 7 as well seeing as it was the year he won. I imagine Nico cared more about it than Kimi too

@@mattslip179 What gave you the impression Kimi didn't care as much? 🤣😉

@@tomfurstyfield well it is just a hobby to him

@@mattslip179 hobby means something that is interesting and fun to do, to him atleast. So just stop with the "It is just a hobby for him"

funny thing is in european culture 7 is one of the most traditional lucky numbers so i can only imagine it's a coveted number for a lot of people. Maybe not this batch of F1 drivers, but you know.

“Numerology” would be more appropriate than “maths”

@@Itachi-xr9mq no you're not allowed to

i was about to like, but then i would ruin the number

It is nice, but he gave him the number because he doesn't care 😂 Not to be nice to him.

@@brilliantbeaches5389 However, he recognised that it mattered to others and that's important.

Pretty sure I write exactly the same thing while replying to someone in this exact comment section right down to the same bracket and dots.

he is very respectful

It’s one thing to give up a number that doesn’t mean anything to him, but 6 is the number used by his hero and idol James Hunt, and he still gave it up for a young rosberg.

You are everywhere man. How

ikr so sweet

Also Hello There, Damemer

That smile at the end is 100% the same

Did it get dusty in everyone else's house, too?

I can almost hear it. So similar

HOLY CAP ME TOO. And then I played giorgio by moroder

@Isaiah Finch FIA: Look, it's up to 6 now. Kimi: Rosberg wants it. No. FIA: Okay, the next number is 7, so do you- Kimi: Yes.

Ricciardo and stoffel started after him

@@vordenkar6615 only stoffel. daniel was already on the grid. after all, its a joke

I bet it was more like FIA: Kimi, pick a number. Kimi: FORRR WHAATTT??!!??

4 was free at the time, no?

also keke rosberg is kimi's idol too if i am not mistaken

@@raihanchandra3572 Keke Rosberg is Finnish as well I believe.

@@raihanchandra3572 kimi's idol was James hunt actually

@@sasankvarma7893 here again after 2023 Emilia Romagna GP cancelled due to flash flood.

he just hates interviews, I don't think he's that cold outside the interviews

Keke Rosberg was the trailblazer for Finnish F1 drivers. He brought in Mika Hakkinen also. So guess Kimi kinda respects that.

Giovinazzi: I'll take two number 9s

@@MDDeGrande1994 a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

Kimi had the most humble reason for his number if you ask me

I always thought Charles picked 16 to be next to Jules

@@quackingpanda8466 me too

Also “I wanted this number, but someone else had it”

A+...would have irritated him 😂

That word : bwoah

In Finland it would be 10+

55 Likes.👀

As for Valtteri it works with Bo77as too ^^

And Carlo55ainz

47 - For Michael

checo was a football reason

@@kivol.3454 Pierre have the same reason as well. And F1 actually show Zidane while using 10. They showed Zamorano while using his Famous 1+8 jersey

So true , he seems like a such a nice guy :D

He says the last will be the first, he finally became the Jesus of f1

@@rentehd7938 I was thinking that when he said “it’s an Italian saying” I was like I swear that’s from the bible 🤣🤣

Thanks for that mate

@@rentehd7938 Yessssss. My goal all along

There is a video on youtube of Alonso winning the world karting championship and the announcers even mentioned the coincidence of the number 14

Idols are developed when you are a child. By the name Xabi made a name for himself so had Alonso.

Always has been

@@iremiabliss exactly!

i lowkey expected it, but after hearing what he said, i just burst out laughing lmak

BWOAH

@@transparenn2518 saaaaaame hahahahahahaha

it's not easy to write "interesting fact" and actually mention one

Coincidence? Surely.

to me he looks like 20. probaly becuz im asian

@@presidentjiang6762 Taiwanese? The chinese name seems like a president from Taiwan. And I agree, I'm asian, he do look a little older than 15.

@@arry5432 no, jiang zemin, me is chinese

Definitely that age

If you tell me that tsunoda ist 1,15 tall, i‘ll probably believe it too. I hope he is a future world champion...

It was also the last digit in the years both Rosbergs retired from F1 (Keke in 1986, Nico 30 years after his dad.)

It also meant Kimi won his title in 07, so it kind of fit... perfectly.

@@tedioussugar384 he mentioned that he won the championship with no.6, and since Keke was also Finnish, maybe his hero as well, also hunt used 6 as wel right?

@Mr Myra ToRoNtO

@@urville Hunt used 11 in his title season in 1976, cuz of the way driver numbers were assigned by team back then.

Half the drivers wanted no.7

To be fair Charles wasn't around when he picked it 😅

@@fordylad285 if he had been around back then he would just have added "but Charles wanted it, so I took 8"

@@inThis964 then the question to be answered is Grosjean:Am I a joke to you?

@@mystic5287 Grosjean also have no special reason at all when he choose 8. He just have that number the year before

Read book

same

For what

*class starts talking loudly* Kimi: (stares at them) "Shut up." *Decibel meter drops to 0*

Math class in Kimi language: *QUICK MAFFS*

what a nice backstory

@@rotary_7812 the 47 reading it as "for Michael" actually brought a tear to my eye, thats beautiful

The cursed number!

Actually, 13 is a lucky number in Venezuela, all of our great athletes, mostly baseball players have worn it

@@santialvarez8163 oh wow! I didn’t know that

It's a lucky number in Venezuela. Many top athletes, e.g Omar Vizquel, Asdrubal Cabrera, Dave Concepcion wore #13.

@@kevind7708 vizquel for Venezuelans is 23, as for when he played for Caracas. But can also skip younger kids such as Ronald Acuña Jr