Räikkönen to take sabbatical

Kimi Räikkönen will not participate in the World Championship F1 2010. Ousted from the team Ferrari to make room for Fernando Alonso, le Finlandais avait confié vouloir rouler dans une voiture compétitive la saison prochaine ou ne pas rouler du tout. Après avoir été un temps approché par Toyota, le Champion du Monde 2007 avait laissé entendre que sa seule option se trouvait du côté de McLaren.

But after negotiations between his manager, Steve Robertson, and the Woking team failed, the Finn decided to take a sabbatical. “ Our options in F1 were called McLaren or nothing ", Robertson told the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat. “ Kimi and McLaren were unable to reach an agreement, so he won't drive in F1? at least next year. »

“It's not in his interest to run with what they're offering, so he's going to go and do some rally in place “, continued his manager on BBC.

Kimi Räikkönen made his debut in WRC during the Rally Finland last August and impressed at the wheel of his Abarth Grande Punto S2000. Despite engine problems, he was in fifteenth place when he ended up in a ditch on the second day. Next year, some rumors are already sending him to the wheel of a C4 WRC.