Funky Cars > Raikkonen out at Ferrari, Headed to WRC Next Season
[Straightline] WRC.com reported this morning that 2007 Formula World Champion Kimi Raikkonen will drive a Citroen C4 WRC for the Citroen junior team next season. The announcement comes as news that Fernando Alonso will join Ferrari in 2010 becomes official.
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[F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog] Kimi Raikkonen joins Citroen in WRC | F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog: We were going to have a tremendous 3-way battle w/ Kimi, Lewis and Alonso next year, if Kimi was in a McLaren or even in a Mercedes. Now it will be a 2-way affair and probably decided by car reliability to a great extent, since the cars are going to be equal and the drivers already are, more or less.
[RSS For Gadgets] RSS For Gadgets » Raikkonen joins Citroen in WRC deal: Raikkonen’s contract with Ferrari was bought out by the team at the end of the 2009 F1 season, to make way for Fernando Alonso who will drive for Ferrari in 2010. Raikkonen was expected to take a sabbatical after talks about a drive with Mclaren also broke down.
[James Allen on F1 - The official website] Raikkonen completes radical move to WRC with Citroen | James Allen ...: I think Kimi will fit well into the Red Bull style, its a little more relaxed and laid back than perhaps some others, and i think thats why Vettel is so happy there, I think Kimi might just surprise a few people with his rallying exploits, i cant see him winning many next year, but i’m convinced he’ll give a good account of himself as usual, and i dare say more than a few will be paying attention to how Webber does next season.
[Mibz.com] Official: Kimi Raikkonen, The 2007 Formula 1 Champion, Signed For ...: A coincidence or not, Raikkonen and Lindstorm’s first race in the C4 will be the on the Arctic Lapland Rally, the opening round of the Finnish Championship, where Kimi crashed his own Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S200. The event will take place on January 28 and starts from Rovaniemi, on the edge of the Arctic Circle.
[Manchester United Forums - United Zone] Raikkonen signs for Citroen in WRC - Manchester United Forums ...: The team said Raikkonen's co-driver will be compatriot Kaj Lindstrom, who partnered now-retired Tommi Makinen to four successive world titles in the 1990s. France's rising hope Sebastien Ogier will drive the junior team's other car.
[F1 Wolf] F1 Wolf | Formula 1 Blog from F1Wolf | Kimi gets WRC Red Bull ...: “Red Bulls commitment and energy are a perfect fit for Citroëns ongoing thirst for victory. We will continue to count on Sébastien and Dani to defend our world titles in 2010, and we will also be prolonging our association with Sébastien Ogier who showed outstanding potential this year.
[MotorsTV - News RSS Feed] WRC: Raikkonen completes Citroen move | Motors TV: The move comes after months of speculation linking Raikkonen to a WRC berth after the 30-year-old’s Ferrari F1 departure. The 2007 world champion has made no secret of his desire to pursue a career in rallying even whilst still competing for the Scuderia thanks to his WRC debut in an Abarth Grande Punto on Rally Finland last season where he made an instant impression.
[F1technical.net . Motorsport news] Raikkonen signs switch to WRC with Citroën - F1technical.net: Raikkonen already took part in one WRC race in 2009 during a break between F1 races, and had long been an enthusiast of a sport that has a strong pedigree of Finnish champions. Next year he will be able to compete in all rallies, except for the Rally of New Zealand, one that his team is not competing in.
[The Empire Chronicles] Kimi Räikkönen to drive Citroën's WRC car next year | The Empire ...: The 2007 Formula 1 champion, who agreed to leave Ferrari a year early in return for a substantial payoff, has been mulling his options since talks with McLaren about a 2010 drive fell through last month and the Woking team instead signed Jenson Button.
[F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog] F1 links: Raikkonen in Citroen WRC deal link | F1 Fanatic - The ...: Ross Brawn has an interesting explanation for how Ferrari lost the 1997 championship: "We were involved with races where we would use our drivers strategically. At Suzuka in the late 1990s, Michael [Schumacher] built a lead while Eddie [Irvine] controlled the pace of the rest of the pack.
[Mumblings] Mumblings: F1 To WRC: I was reading the online news today when I stumbled upon this news on Kimi Raikkonen signing a one year contract with Citroen. It confused me coz I 've never heard of an F1 team called Citroen but as I read further, I found out that Citroen is a team in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and not Formula 1!
[Joe Saward's Grand Prix Blog] So long Kimi. Look out for those trees”¦ « Joe Saward's Grand Prix Blog: The good thing is that the Citroen Junior Team drivers (Novikov, Ogier and Rautenbach) demolished the entire fleet of ”leftover 2008 spec cars. So if this flying Fin disappears rolling down a mountain or removes a couple of trees it will not be a burden for Citroens competition department, they are used to crushed metal (and Loeb, of course, did is best as well this season and made a minor contribution with three big ones).
[Motorsport Maniacs] Fisi to 'definitely' be 2010 Ferrari reserve - Motorsport.com: be 2010 Ferrari reserve Motorsport.com In the wake of French youngster and 2010 GP2 driver Jules Bianchi's signing by Ferrari for a yet undesignated role, it has been rumoured that Roman veteran …
[The F1Fanatics Blog] CONFIRMED: Raikkonen WRC Deal Done! « The F1Fanatics Blog: Raikkonen vacated his race seat at Ferrari at the end of last season to allow Fernando Alonso a shot with the Scuderia for 2010 onwards.
[Petrolhead Blog] The Iceman leaveth « Petrolhead Blog: Red Bull involvement means he maintains a link to Formula One, which is already fuelling rumours of a 2011 race seat with the team among those who believe Sebastian Vettel is a racing cert to be driving a Mercedes sooner rather than later. Will he be missed next year? The man who drove so brilliantly in a difficult Ferrari through the latter part of 2009 will be, the man who couldn’t quite run with Felipe Massa through the preceding 18 months surely won’t be. The reaction to his departure has tended towards hyperbole; his fanbase is rabid and utterly devoted, and it’s become easy to lose sight of the fact that we will still have Massa, Hamilton, Alonso and Vettel to marvel at. They can drive a bit too.
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