Räikkönen does not regret his choice

Kimi Räikkönen, very far from the head of the Rally from Sweden due to going off the road on Friday (stuck for 25 minutes in a wall of snow), is gradually learning to drive his new vehicle, the Citroën C4 WRC. Although he made a few mistakes, the Finn is quite happy with his debut with the Citroën Junior Team.

« I feel more and more confident with the car, he confided Saturday evening. I do not have any problems. I knew it took time to find the right riding style. It comes little by little. I hope we have a solid final day. I'm pretty confident »

Despite good times in certain special stages, Kimi Räikkönen is far from the lead due to several errors. But the Finn does not regret at all his choice to have joined the World Rally Championship. “ En F1, the tests and the rest, it's always the same thing, he confided to News of the World. You are always on the same circuits and you do lap after lap. The only variable is time, whether it can or not. In WRC, there are several variables, the conditions, the roads, the surfaces. »

Besides the driving, “Iceman” is also happy with the atmosphere that reigns in the World Rally Championship. “ The WRC is more open than F1, it?s more relaxed and there is more human warmth. The teams like each other. In rallying, everything is frankly different from F1. »

On the occasion of the Swedish Rally, Kimi Räikkönen does not regret having joined the WRC. “ This is a big challenge for me. Here, all the turns are different. In Formula 1, this is not the case. »