Always felt that he would stay at Lotus, his career is nearing an end.

Zitat von Sonny

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Zitat von Ragingjamaican

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Always wanted to see a Raikkonen and Alonso partnership.

I'm not surprised by this, Raikkonen's the only big name in the market, the next driver closest is Hulkenberg.

Maybe a Hulkenberg and Raikkonen line up at Ferrari?

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I think you're hanging out in Jamaica or something maaann

I don't think you'll ever see Kimi wearing the Scuderia red ever again. I will gladly throw my hand up if I'm wrong.. But Kimi looks like he actually enjoys racing now.

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I'm enjoying every single second of this, who would have thought all this could happen back in November 2009 " title="dreamy" />

Nothing new really...

So hopefully by end of August we'll know.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/j ... e-red-bull

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Kimi Raikkonen leaves future to fate and gut instinct

• The 2007 world champion is the favourite to join Red Bull
• Christian Horner says he will pick new driver by end of August

Paul Weaver in Budapest
The Guardian, Thursday 25 July 2013 23.44 BST

Kimi Raikkonen says he will employ gut instinct to decide whose car he will be driving in 2014. Raikkonen, the 2007 champion, is the favourite to replace Mark Webber at Red Bull next year, in front of the Toro Rosso driver Daniel Ricciardo.

"There is going to be the overall package and whatever feels right for me," he said. "Whatever the decision will be might feel stupid to somebody else, it might just feel right for me.

"I have no idea what will happen, we have to wait and see what will come, but hopefully whatever it will be it will be the right choice.

"Basically everything has to feel right. In the end it comes down to whatever I think is the right one. There will be no guarantee the choice will be a good one in the long run but I am fine with whatever the outcome will be. You live with your choices."

Red Bull's team principal, Christian Horner, says he will choose Webber's replacement before the end of August. "We are homing in on our position and we will take the summer break to reflect on it and make a decision after that," he said.

"There have been some interesting applicants in the past few weeks but we are still looking at the same drivers."

Talking about Raikkonen, Horner said: "Kimi's qualities speak for themselves. He has a proven track record so you cannot question Kimi's credentials. We want the two fastest and strongest drivers we can put in the car next year and both Daniel and Kimi would represent extremely good options.

"Both drivers get the same opportunity and then it is down to them on the track that decides who is the lead driver and the lead driver has the most points.

"Sebastian [Vettel] has no concerns about going up against any driver. He hasn't voiced a preference any way. He knows them both, he knows they are quick and both would represent a challenge but he is not looking to influence the team in any way."

On Ricciardo, he said: "The test has strengthened his case because there is no substitute to looking at a driver in your own car. We had the ability to compare him directly with Sebastian and Daniel acquitted himself very well.

"Part of the challenge at Red Bull is not just being quick, it is having the ability to converse with the engineers and any driver going up against Sebastian will feel the pressure of being measured against him. You will need broad shoulders to deal with that. There is also expectation here that there isn't at the moment in his current team. The pressure on a driver in a front-running team is that much greater."

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Nicole's translation

I hope it's not true, I don't want to see Kimi in red ever " title="nono" />

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Italian source: Kimi Räikkönen's name is already in the Ferrari-contract!

01.08.2013 14:02 | Formula 1 |

Kimi Räikkönen's employer next season is now sure. According to very reliable Italian sources SuomiF1-website has, Räikkönen has put his name in Ferrari's contract papers "a few days ago".

The same source revealed that the contract is going to be announced already during the next weeks, in other words long before the last race in November.


Sport Bild told earlier this week, that their sources told that Ferrari has made Kimi Räikkönen a contract offer before Hungary GP. According to information we have, that contract is already made much earlier and meanwhile it has already been signed.

Was Ferrari's denial of the Kimi-news understood wrongly?

Ferrari told DPA yesterday:

- The team has no interest in driver markets at this moment, Ferrari's publicist said.

The sentence was interpreted in the media so that Ferrari denies Sport Bild's information. In fact the lack of interest in the driver markets probably stems from the fact that they already have Räikkönen's name in the contract and hence have no need to look at the markets anymore.

Pekka Franck

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http://www.suomif1.com/2013/08/italiala ... imuksessa/

Zitat von Olga

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if this is true...

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well, he said that some would say he's stupid....
I would be very-very disappointed " title="mad" />

Still just speculation I think.

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