基米·莱科宁之子加入红牛车手发展计划
2007年F1世界冠军基米·莱科宁的11岁儿子罗宾·莱科宁（Robin Raikkonen）将从2027年起加入红牛车手发展计划。
2007年F1世界冠军基米·莱科宁（Kimi Raikkonen）的儿子将于明年加入红牛的车手培养计划。
现年11岁的卡丁车手罗宾·莱科宁（Robin Raikkonen）——出生于基米·莱科宁2015年重返法拉利的第二个赛季之前——在蒙扎比赛周末期间曾传出将加入红牛的消息。
红牛现已宣布，将从2027年起将罗宾纳入其青训车队。
虽然距离能够参加方程式比赛还有好几年，莱科宁已经在卡丁车领域取得了不俗的成绩，在国内和国际赛事中都曾夺冠。
“Robin 已经在卡丁车运动中展现出了非凡的能力，”红牛车队领队 Laurent Mekies 说道。
“他的速度、比赛技巧和天赋已经确立了他作为同龄组中最有前途的年轻车手之一的地位。与此同时，他的成熟、沉稳的态度以及对驾驶的专注也令人印象深刻。"
“我们的目标是一步一步地培养他，不给他肩上施加任何不必要的压力。"
“赛车运动的道路是漫长的，我们会给予他所需的时间、支持和资源，以最大限度地发挥他的潜力。"
我们坚信，只要得到合适的人、合适的文化和合适的环境支持，人才就能茁壮成长。这正是我们致力于为Robin提供的，因为他将继续自己的发展。
我们非常期待与Robin及其家人一起，在他的征程中迈出下一步。
Robin的父亲Kimi补充道："Robin被选中加入红牛青训车队以继续他的赛车之路，我们都为此感到无比激动和兴奋。
"在我们所有的讨论过程中，Laurent以及红牛的其他所有人都给予了我们极大的支持。他们提供了一个极具吸引力且全面的培养计划，将在未来数年中发展和培育Robin的进步，并为他提供发展其天赋所需的一切经验——这种天赋在他迄今为止的所有卡丁车赛事中都已充分展现。"
Kimi表示，Robin将带着“极大的谦逊”加入该计划，并且他的儿子会“全力以赴，以回报红牛对他的信任”。
F1冠军Raikkonen从未效力过红牛车队，但他曾在法拉利与红牛最著名的青训产品之一Sebastian Vettel做过队友，而且他与另一位红牛车手（维斯塔潘）也有过大量的比赛交手经验。
他还在2001年效力于索伯车队时完成了自己的F1首秀，当时该车队以红牛索伯 Petronas车队的名义参赛，不过这并非没有争议；让当时21岁的Raikkonen出场的决定令红牛颇为不满，因为红牛原本希望由Enrique Bernoldi进入该车队。
当Robin明年加入时，红牛青训计划将由Gwen Lagrue负责领导。
拉格鲁格（Lagrue）曾主导梅赛德斯的青训工作，包括将基米·安东内利（安东内利）在青训梯队中培养成才，他实际上是在接替赫尔穆特·马尔科（Helmut Marko），成为该项目的负责人。
英文原文
The son of the 2007 Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen will join Red Bull's driver development programme next year.
The 11-year-old karter Robin Raikkonen - born just before Kimi Raikkonen's second season back with Ferrari in 2015 - had been rumoured to join Red Bull over the Monza weekend.
Red Bull has now announced it will add Robin to its junior team from 2027.
While years away from being able to race in single-seaters, Raikkonen has already enjoyed strong success in karting, winning at both a national and international level.
"Robin has already demonstrated exceptional ability in karting," Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies said.
"His speed, racecraft and natural talent have established him as one of the most promising young drivers in his age group. At the same time, he impresses with his maturity, his calm approach and his clear focus on driving.
"Our goal is to develop him step-by-step, without placing any unnecessary pressure on his shoulders.
"The path through motorsport is a long one, and we will give him the time, support and resources he needs to maximise his potential.
"We strongly believe that talent can thrive when supported by the right people, the right culture and the right environment. That is what we are committed to providing Robin as he continues his development.
"We are very much looking forward to taking the next steps in his journey together with Robin and his family."
Robin’s father Kimi added: "We are all thrilled and excited that Robin has been chosen to further his racing path as a member of the Red Bull junior team.
"Laurent and everyone else at Red Bull have been incredibly supportive throughout all our discussions. They offer a compelling and comprehensive programme to develop and nurture Robin's progress over the coming years and provide him with all the experience required to develop his natural talent, which has amply been displayed in all his karting endeavours to date."
Kimi said Robin joins the programme with "great humility" and that his son would "dedicate all his efforts to warrant the trust that Red Bull is placing in him".
F1 champion Raikkonen never raced for Red Bull but he was team-mates with one of its most famous products, Sebastian Vettel, at Ferrari, and he had plenty of experience racing the other (Max Verstappen).
He also made his F1 debut in 2001 with Sauber, when it ran as the Red Bull Sauber Petronas team, though this was not without controversy; The decision to field the then-21-year-old Raikkonen disgruntled Red Bull, which wanted Enrique Bernoldi placed at the team instead.
The Red Bull junior programme will be led by Gwen Lagrue when Robin joins next year.
Lagrue, who had spearheaded Mercedes' junior efforts including developing Kimi Antonelli through the junior ladder, is effectively replacing Helmut Marko as the head of the programme.
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