Raikkonen embraces traditional racing in NASCAR.

Kimi Raikkonen, who is making his second race outing in the NASCAR Cup Series at Circuit of the Americas, has praised the low-downforce stock cars for being able to race each other without any reliance on any movable aerodynamic devices, such as the Drag Reduction System which has been used in F1 since 2011. Raikkonen also explained that the circuit is very different to drive in NASCAR compared to F1, as the nature of several corners at COTA are changed by having less downforce. NASCAR has also removed stage breaks for road course events, allowing the race to play out more naturally than in the past.