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Looks like his speed has not lost him. http://www.planet-f1.com/driver/18227/7451...ed-by-Raikkonen

FERNANDO ALONSO is relishing the prospect of racing Kimi Raikkonen next season

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has urged Sir Frank Williams to bring Kimi Raikkonen back to Formula One. Williams has described as "a lot of supposition" suggestions Raikkonen will be driving for his team next season, although it has emerged talks have taken place with the Finn. Whitmarsh said: "I wouldn't ordinarily presume to advise Sir Frank on who he should sign, but I think it would be exciting if he did." The question for Williams is whether they can afford the 2007 world champion who, in his time at Ferrari before spending the last two years in rallying, was reported to be earning

Less than 2 days after Mark Webber sensationally disobeyed team orders at the British Grand Prix the German newspaper Bild-Zeitung has reported that he is to be replaced. In reference to Webber, Red Bull's driver manager Helmut Marko told Bild recently: "We have other options but I don't want to talk about them now." The newspaper claims to have information stemming from a source "at the highest level" which suggests that a deal is being done with Kimi Raikkonen. Raikkonen recently spoke to a Finnish journalist and said "I have never said that my formula 1 career is over", although Christian Horner said "I believe he has put F1 behind him". The potential move would see Vettel and his badminton partner and friend Kimi Raikkonen paired together for 2012.

Many observers had expected Kimi Raikkonen to remain in the World Rally Championship next year, but it looks like the Iceman misses Formula 1 and is eyeing a return. Autosport reports that the 2007 F1 champion has approached the Renault team for a 2011 race seat. However, there

with Citroen. would be fun to see if he can hang with Loeb

Well OK, superhuman may be over-doing it, but he does have a nickname that deserves comic book status: the Iceman. Jenson Button may have secured the McLaren hotseat to race alongside Lewis Hamilton, but outgoing F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen leaves both men trailing in the category marked 'superhuman' The Iceman (a woefully underused way of describing sporty Scandinavians, we're sure you'd agree) was frozen out at Ferrari earlier this autumn and now seems set for four-wheeled frolics on ice as a rally driver. In common with many comic book creations, the Iceman doesn't say a lot and his words aren't weighed down with deep meaning, but his animated F1 driving has been the stuff of dreams... or nightmares, depending on which side of the 'no pain no gain' credo you fall. When Raikkonen's car burst into flames in the pit lane on the first lap of this year's Brazilian GP and drops of petrol trickled into his eyes, rather than leap out of the car, douse his eyes in Optrex and run to an optician, he put his foot to the floor and rejoined the race. The fire went out, but the flammable fluid in his eyes remained. Despite the risk of an incendiary outcome just around the cornea (apologies), he continued for the duration of the race - 70 laps - and finished sixth. Afterwards the flaming Finn monotoned: "I ended up with some drops of petrol in my eye from the fuel line stuck on Heikki Kovalainen's car and then I was engulfed in flames and blinded. I was going to stop, but luckily the flames soon went out." He added, with all the emotion of Schwarzenegger delivering a Hollywood line: "My eyes are still burning, but I'm all right." Driving at speeds of up to 200mph for 70 laps while virtually blinded with your eyes about to combust may seem superhuman or stupid, but this is mere child's play for a man who has been described, often and unimaginatively, as born to drive... brings to mind an image of a baby Raikkonen driving his mother back from the maternity ward with the umbilical cord still attached like a fuel hose feeding a Ferrari. Born to drive indeed. In 2002, while racing for McLaren, Belgium GP fans looked on incredulously as he powered his car into a sea of smoke caused by the blow-up of a BAR Honda. Most drivers would have slammed on the brakes knowing that, somewhere in the dense black cloud, the obstacle of a slain F1 car was lying, but the Finn accelerated into the blackness and emerged from the smouldering plume like the T1000 in Terminator 2. A best qualifying lap was in the bag. And at Suzuka in 2005 he put in a Herculean effort to rise from the back of the grid and torpedo past Giancarlo Fisichella's Renault on the final lap to take the chequered flag. Oh and he won the world championship in his first season at Ferrari. While Raikkonen's F1 driving was dramatic, his interviews were devoid of drama. When he spoke to the media - he preferred not to - he did so in a Dalek-like drawl. He sometimes needed waking up shortly before the start of a race after a power nap - or just a nap - and he could be ruder than Amy Winehouse. His response to being asked if he would get over the disappointment of missing a special presentation involving football great Pele and Michael Schumacher at the 2006 Brazilian GP: "Yeah. I was having a ----." Now the flying Finn is heading for a Formula One sabbatical. He leaves F1 unchallenged as the paddock's monosyllabic maverick. Interviewer: Kimi, have you ever got angry about anything? Raikkonen: Yeah, many times but more in normal life than racing. Interviewer: Can you give us examples? Raikkonen: No, not really. Interviewer: What are the kind of things that make you angry in normal life, as you say? Raikkonen: If you keep asking questions like those.

LONDON: Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen has been named Formula One's biggest earner, pocketing nearly three times as much as the next best-paid driver. Hamilton and Raikkonen The Finn's 2009 salary is

TOYOTA have made Kimi Raikkonen an offer he CAN refuse. The Japanese giants are desperate to sign a top-line driver to lead their Formula One attack in 2010. Raikkonen is on the market after securing a

KIMI RAIKKONEN'S future at Ferrari was thrown into deeper doubt today by team chief Stefano Domenicali. Asked if the 2007 world champ would be in a Ferrari in 2010, as per his contract, Domenicali fudged the issue. And despite the Finn's recent fine performances

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Some journalists just don't know when to shut up. Take this clown at yesterday's Monaco GP press conference. I guess he's never watched Kimi during the 2003-4 seasons... >>> Q: (Byron Young - Speed Sport News) Kimi, have you ever got angry about anything, and jumped up and down and shouted? Raikkonen: Yeah, many times but of course you're not happy if you retire or something but I guess it mostly happens more in normal life than in racing. Q: (Byron Young - Speed Sport News) Can you give us examples? Raikkonen: No, not really. Q: (Byron Young - Speed Sport News) What are the kind of things that make you angry in normal life, as you say? Raikkonen: If you keep asking (questions like those).

hi all F1 fans , kimi raikonen will be in singapore, kartworld on the 21 sept ... i think he's here to so sort of promotion for mobil.