Kimi Raikkonen revealed he may not continue his career in World Championship Formula One next season, if not with McLaren Mercedes, the Ferrari has decided to relinquish his services and to replace it shocked Spanish Fernando Alonso from 2010.
The Toyota team who first expressed interest in contracting with Raikkonen, but the negotiations between the parties stopped because the financial demands of the Finnish champion more than the carrying capacity of the Japanese team, according to recent revelations, but the Finn said during the award Abu Dhabi Grand Prix final round of world, that he did not negotiate or discuss with Toyota, adding in an interview with the TV, "MTV 3" Finn: "If you want a Formula One car and Fmaclarin is the only option, it is expected to know my status in the next few days."
Raikkonen kept his options open, a response to a question concerning the possibility of leaving Formula One and the transition to a world rally, saying: "In fact, there are few options in front of me and see a variety of what is best for me and then I will take my decision," noting also the option of leaving the tournament for one season : "I can do this if you want. I can do what I want, but as I said in the past have not made my decision about what I want to do."
On the other hand, the Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, who arrives today in Abu Dhabi to follow up the season-ending race in addition to high-level personalities, a message of thanks to Raikkonen on his impressive performances with the "wild horse" Since I moved to the Italian team three years ago, coming of the McLaren Mercedes.
Montezemolo said: "Kimi entered the team's history, having been crowned world champion in his first season with the" Squideria ", and was instrumental in Winning the constructors championship twice, in 2007-2008, for as long as a young man fair and transparent and loyal, and always will be remembered with joy, I I am happy to be here at his side and by the Panel on the occasion of the last race of the season, which was very difficult, to hope to achieve a good result. "
The Finn began his career in Formula One in 2001 with Sauber Petronas, where he finished tenth (9 points) in his first season, then moved in 2002 to McLaren, who finished with runner-up twice, in 2003 and 2005, before leaving in 2007 to crown the world title in his first season with Ferrari, but had to settle with third place in 2008, is currently ranked sixth on the stage before the end of the 2009 season.
Source: agencies
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