No grand prix weekend goes by these days without the future of Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari being a talking point, and at Red Bull Ring the matter is once again grabbing headlines.
When asked if he would be at Ferrari in 2017, Raikkonen said, “I don’t know. I have a contract for this year and I don’t know what will happen next year.”
“There’s always a lot of talk every year, since I got to Formula One it’s the same story, it’s nothing new and people talk a lot all the time. But people can say whatever they want, they have very, very little understanding of what’s really going on.
“If I was making all the decisions it would very easy to know what I would do, but I don’t. we try to do our best and for sure the team knows my side of the story and that’s enough for me. I have no interest in talking about it here or anywhere else, apart from with the team.”
Raikkonen has been on a year-to-year deal with the Maranello outfit and the team’s big boss Sergio Marchionne has said that the Finn’s future at the team depends on how he performs in the remaining races of the season.
Crucially, Raikkonen has support from Sebastian Vettel and Maurizio Arrivabene, and even fans appear to support another season for the 2007 F1 World Champion with the Reds.
A poll on this website shows that despite a number of driver candidates in-line at Maranello’s gates, Raikkonen is still the fan favourite to stay with the team beyond 2016.
As for this year’s championship, Ferrari have struggled to match Mercedes and are still win-less after eight rounds, but Raikkonen remains pragmatic.
“Obviously we’ll try to get as many as we can, but there’s a long way to go until the end of the season. It’s an important month, a lot of things can happen. The point is to come to the races and score as many points as we can.”
“There’s no need to make any plans, we’ll come to the races like normal and do the best we can,” said Raikkonen who will be lining up on the grid at Red Bull Ring for his 240th grand prix start.
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