Kimi Raikkonen

Started his Formula One racing career with Swiss Sauber-Petronas then moving to British Mclaren Mercedes and finally settling with Ferrari , Kimi Raikkonen a.k.a Iceman won his first Formula One Driver's Championship in 2007 with Ferrari of Italy. Often called as Flying Finn , Kimi is the third Finnish to win a Formula One Driver's Championship after Keke Rosberg and Mika Hakkinen. In 2008 Finland post released a self adhesive miniature sheet of 2 stamps depicting a victorious Kimi Raikkonen and a propelling Ferrari Formula One Race car ( not a graphical image ). Is there any better delight for a Tifosi than this ?

Bahrain 2004 Formula One Grand Prix

With weeks away for the first formula one race of the 2011 season in Bahrain , it is still unclear whether the race will be held or canceled due to the unrest in Bahrain. This may not be an encouraging sign for the season but the stamp released to celebrate the Bahrain's inaugural 2004 Formula One Grand Prix doesn't fail to impress the collectors. An impressive rhombus shaped sheetlet containing 5 stamps with denominations of 100,150,200,250 & 500 fils - four of them depicting a 3 dimensional model of a formula one car from different angles and another one displaying a portrait of the circuit tower. Michael Schumacher of Germany won this inaugural Grand Prix for Ferrari. Bahrain takes the pride of hosting the first Formula One Grand Prix race in the middle east. :)

Gilles Villeneuve

Formula one has champions from every continent except Asia. North America has 3 formula one champions , 2 from United States and 1 from Canada. In 1997 Canada issued a commemorative souvenir sheet to honor Gilles Villeneuve who died in a crash during the qualifying race. His son Jacques Villeneuve won the Formula one Championship in 1997. In the same year the montreal race track was named Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. One of my favourites !!!

British World Champion Grand Prix Drivers

In 2010 Royal Mail released a commemorative sheet of 10 stamps featuring Britain's 10 Grand Prix World Champion Drivers. From Mike Hawthorn to Jenson Button this one is a
perfect collectible. After Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button won their Championship in 2008 & 2009 respectively there was lot of speculation on whether Royal Mail will issue a commemorative stamp to honour them or not , but it seems worth the wait. The only other 2 countries which comes next in the list of most number of Drivers won the championship country wise is Brazil and Finland , each having 3 drivers. A perfect 10 seems to be a record , safe for Britain for at least few years from now.