I BELIEVE I CAN DO A GOOD JOB HERE’

Kimi Raikkonen is back with the team at which he started his Formula 1 career. He speaks to Autosport about why he made the move and what his targets are

EDD STRAW

‘The team is close to my heart, but the only reason I came is… Moving from frontrunning Ferrari to a midfield team at the age of 39 is unusual for a driver with such a hugely successful track record as Kimi Raikkonen’s. Put that to the man himself, and he doesn’t initially bite. “I don’t follow what other people do,” is the typically Kimi response. But he builds on that by pointing out that his genuine desire to keep going, even in an Alfa Romeo team that’s likely to be further down the grid, is at the heart of his bulletproof popularity with the F1 fanbase. You can tell he appreciates the fact that people get what he’s about. “Hopefully not lower down [the grid],” he says. “Obviously that’s what we expect in…

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Autosport (Digital) - 1 Issue, 14/03/19

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