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Kimi Raikkonen's son makes karting debut

Kimi Raikkonen's son, Robin, has driven his first laps in a go-kart, marking what could be the start of a career following in his father's wheel tracks.

Raikkonen posted images and video of his four-year-old son driving around a wet go-kart track on Instagram with the caption "ACEMAN BEGINS". He later added a picture of his daughter Rianna sat in a stationary go-kart with the caption "Rianna will join in a few years".

A post shared by Kimi Räikkönen (@kimimatiasraikkonen) on Aug 15, 2019 at 2:03am PDT

Speaking at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in April, Raikkonen said Robin often rode a mini motorbike (with a modified throttle to stop him going too fast), but that he was already planning his son's go-kart debut for the summer.