Watch: AXL ROSE gives rare interview at F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
22-11-2023
Viaplay presenter Mervi Kallio conducted an interview with GUNS N’ ROSES singer Axl Rose at the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix Saturday night (November 18) at Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the chat, Kallio asked Axl about his friendship with Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen, whom Rose thanked in the sleeve notes for GUNS N’ ROSES‘ 2008 album “Chinese Democracy”.
“I’ve been a fan of his for a while,” Axl said. “I always watched him back in the day, and we get along really well.”
In a 2009 interview with Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, Räikkönen said that he had no idea why he was thanked on the LP, but said that he and the singer were friends.
“We do know each other very well, we have met several times through the years,” Räikkönen said. “The first time we met was years ago, at one of the F1 races I competed in. Afterwards, he came to Finland once and we met again.”
The Formula One race took place on the famous Las Vegas Strip an was won by reigning world champion Max Verstappen, who races for Red Bull Racing Team.