Kimi Räikkönen Meets Rune Glifberg in Budapest

Kimi Räikkönen exchanged his helmet for a skateboard on Saturday night in Budapest. The Lotus F1 Team driver took time out from qualifying to meet Rune Glifberg, a professional skateboarder from Denmark, as part of an event organised by BURN – the energy drink from Coca-Cola.

The pair exchanged gifts – a signed skateboard and an F1 helmet – at a party in the Hungarian capital. 2,000 fans joined the daring duo to dance to the tracks being played by DJ’s Avicii, Yamoto, Fire Flowerz, Rune RK and Metha b2b Mira.


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Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Its capital, Budapest, is bisected by the Danube River. Its cityscape is studded with architectural landmarks from Buda’s medieval Castle Hill and grand neoclassical buildings along Pest’s Andrássy Avenue to the 19th-century Chain Bridge. Turkish and Roman influence on Hungarian culture includes the popularity of mineral spas, including at thermal Lake Hévíz.

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Kimi-Matias Räikkönen, nicknamed “The Iceman”, is a Finnish racing driver currently driving in Formula One for Alfa Romeo Racing, racing under the Finnish flag. Räikkönen won the 2007 Formula One World Championship driving for Scuderia Ferrari.

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