Kimi Raikkonen may drive a red-hot Ferrari but the Finnish Iceman stays ice cool when it comes to expressing any emotions.
Raikkonen has won the last two races with the Italian team to move within striking distance of McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton at the midway point of the season.
But the driver with "Iceman" on his helmet still sounded as modest as ever when talking about the season even though he has the fastest car at the moment in the world's fastest sport.
"It's nice to win but it hasn't changed anything," the 27-year-old told reporters ahead of Sunday's European Grand Prix. "It hasn't changed me as a driver or a person."
Raikkonen, who has won more races this month than all of last season at McLaren, has climbed to within 18 points of Hamilton and six of world champion Fernando Alonso of McLaren in second place with victories in France and Britain.
"I had some points in the last two races," he said, referring to his back-to-back victories in a voice barely above a whisper.
"The car works better for me now," he added. "That's the only difference. I seem to be getting more out of the car than before. But, otherwise, everything is the same."
Raikkonen sounded the same as in previous years at the European Grand Prix when he was plagued by misfortune.
He never raised his voice or even got mad despite appalling misfortune with McLaren during the race in 2003 and 2004, when he was forced to retire while leading near the end.
"I don't have very good results here," said Raikkonen in another understatement. "Something always happened. Some unfortunate things always happened to me at all the German races. But it's a nice circuit. I like the circuit, myself."
Raikkonen has won the last two races with the Italian team to move within striking distance of McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton at the midway point of the season.
But the driver with "Iceman" on his helmet still sounded as modest as ever when talking about the season even though he has the fastest car at the moment in the world's fastest sport.
"It's nice to win but it hasn't changed anything," the 27-year-old told reporters ahead of Sunday's European Grand Prix. "It hasn't changed me as a driver or a person."
Raikkonen, who has won more races this month than all of last season at McLaren, has climbed to within 18 points of Hamilton and six of world champion Fernando Alonso of McLaren in second place with victories in France and Britain.
"I had some points in the last two races," he said, referring to his back-to-back victories in a voice barely above a whisper.
"The car works better for me now," he added. "That's the only difference. I seem to be getting more out of the car than before. But, otherwise, everything is the same."
Raikkonen sounded the same as in previous years at the European Grand Prix when he was plagued by misfortune.
He never raised his voice or even got mad despite appalling misfortune with McLaren during the race in 2003 and 2004, when he was forced to retire while leading near the end.
"I don't have very good results here," said Raikkonen in another understatement. "Something always happened. Some unfortunate things always happened to me at all the German races. But it's a nice circuit. I like the circuit, myself."