MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 17: Kimi Raikkonen of Finland and Alfa Romeo Racing on the drivers parade before the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit on March 17, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Charles Coates/Getty Images)

2007 Formula 1 champion Kimi Raikkonen is poised to break a major all-time Formula 1 record, and he couldn’t possibly care any less.

When it was announced last September that Kimi Raikkonen would not be returning to Scuderia Ferrari for the 2019 Formula 1 season but that he would be re-joining Alfa Romeo Sauber (now Alfa Romeo Racing), the team for which he drove in his rookie season, the 2001 season, it put him in a position to break an all-time Formula 1 record.

When this announcement was made, therewere seven races remaining on the 21-race 2018 schedule, at which point the 39-year-old Finn had competed in 284 races over the course of his Formula 1 career, which began in the 2001 season and includes every season since then except for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. This start total ranked fifth on the all-time Formula 1 starts list.

Raikkonen’s deal with Alfa Romeo Racing is a two-year deal, so he is set to continue driving for the team through at least the end of the 2020 season. If he ends up doing so, he will have competed in more races than any driver in Formula 1 history.

Having competed in each of the nine races that have taken place since this announcement was made, including last season’s final seven