Whos better Raikkonen or Hamilton?

May be...

Raikkonen's got more experience.

personally both the same

kimi has the exp to be better

Lewis Hamilton has the talent and needs a championship 2 be better than kimi

I'm with Tiger, ask the question when either of them has won 7 titles!

Its hard to say... Lewis clearly is one of the greatest talents we have seen in the modern F1 era (which for me starts around 1990). But then Raikkonen could also be considered to be in this class. Their speed is similar, so it is their flaws that separate them. Lewis seems to be in the Mansell mould in that he is always charging, sometimes regardless of whether it is good on the car or considerate of the conditions. This isn't a bad thing, but is risky and can end in tears (China last year).

Kimi just seems to me like he can't be bothered half the time. When he is on it, he is fast, but on a bad day, he can't seem to summon the pace of more consistent drivers. When he is fast, he's the best, but when he's not, his racecraft and pace is very ordinary. I suppose it is this that could mean he will never be considered a great, unlike his compatriot Mika Hakkinen. It is his lack of ability to drive the wheels off a slightly less competitive car, unlike his predecessor Michael Schumacher (and perhaps Fernando Alonso, based on his driving in the Renault this year) that stands out.

Lewis has much more going for him than Kimi, all he needs is for his McLaren to be as fast as the Ferrari all year, then he would show he is the best in the field.

EDIT: I don't understand why I'm getting all the thumbs-down... I'm pointing out that both drivers are so evenly matched in terms of talent and skill, that I have to look at their flaws to separate them... I don't understand this Lewis backlash either, because he clearly is one of the best drivers in the field, and is the most talented driver we have seen since Kimi himself came onto the scene, along with the likes of Alonso too. BOTH drivers have their flaws, and i'm not being biased towards either.

Tell you something about Kimi that Crybaby Lewis could never do in his entire life, when Kimi was 20 year old he had to test with Sauber, he made his Formula One debut for the Swiss based Formula One team in 2001, after only competing in 23 car races, none of which involved F3 or F3000. However the FIA granted him the necessary Super Licence (after 4 races to prove he was good enough) because of the promising performances the young Finn had in earlier testing. The first time Kimi got behind the wheel of Formula One car was September 2000, before further sessions in Jerez and Barcelona three months later.
Now compare that with Crybaby Lewis, but have in mind that he won the race today 20s in front of Kubica and 40s in front of Heiki...

I think if they had to race head to head, Kimi would have the advantage. Lewis getting a job at mclaren with one of the best cars on the grid is a bit of a disadvantage for him. He usually qualifies in the top five and barely has to battle for position. Kimi on the other hand has not had that benefit and has had to fight it out with the best of them in his time in F1. He's gone up against Schumi, Montoya, Villeneuve, even Rubens, Trulli and Coulthard when they were in competitive cars and all the other fighters from the middle grid as well.

I think all that experience will have given him a slight advantage against Lewis.

Raikkonen,hands down

its abit obvious don't you think ?

Kimi Raikkonen !!! :)

Michael Schumacher!

I was in two minds, but I think it's Hamilton. Both are very patient and are able to adapt their strategy to unexpected events. While Kimi has more experience at the F1 level, Hamilton has generally driven with at least as much skill.
One test is how they handle things when they go wrong, and on this front I think Kimi seems to handle things better. While things seem to go wrong a bit more often for Kimi (such as the DNF in Australia), there have been a couple of occasions where Hamilton started with a minor error and made it worse.
However, to me, one very important aspect of driving (especially professional driving) is to complete ones planned task. In this case, finishing your F1 race. As was shown when Kimi was at McLaren, he often had failures (although less so at Ferrari). For the 2007 season he had 2 DNF compared to Hamilton's 1. For that reason I believe Hamilton is, but only marginally, better than Kimi.