Raikkonen house to go on the block

Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen was Wednesday reported to be planning to sell one of his homes in the Finnish capital Helsinki, news reports said. Tabloid Iltalehti reported that the eight-bedroom house was up for sale for 14.5 million euros (18.3 million dollars).

Raikkonen, who won the Formula One title in 2007, was reported to live mainly in Switzerland but said to own at least three other properties in the Helsinki area.

The Finnish driver a few years ago paid 9.5 million euros for the 526 square meter-house on the island suburb Kaskisaari. The property will not be open for public showing and according to the report some foreign embassies have expressed some interest in it.