Kimi Raikkonen – My F1 Career Will End At Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen has told a spanish newspaper, he thinks he will finish his F1 career at Ferrari.

“I see no reason to leave this team, I have two years remaining on my contract, but in any case I believe that, whatever happens, this will be my last team.
The one certainty is that one day I will feel the need to do something else. I would do a few rallies maybe, or something else – I don’t know. I will do what I want, basically”

He would not confirm if he would retire at the end of his current contract with Ferrari which ends after the 2009 season

“I have no idea, for the moment I am here and I have no intention to change that, when I end my contract with Ferrari I will be 30 years old, and it will be the time to decide whether to keep going or not.”

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Valencia Day 3 – Raikkonen Finishes Fastest

Kimi Raikkonen has finished fastest at the end of the day. there have been quite a few dramas on track today.

There was a spin caused by Lewis Hamilton, and a spin caused by Nelson Piquet Jnr.

Sebastian Bourdais caused 2 incidents aswell, and Giancarlo Fisichella’s force india car stopped on track, just before the end of the day.

Jenson Button still finished a low 16th, and didn’t improve much on his morning time.  It seems the RA108 is still not performing well.

Testing has now finished for this week at Valencia

The next F1 test sessions are as follows :

1st Feb – 3rd Feb: Barcelona
4th Feb – 6th Feb: Bahrain
9th Feb – 11th Feb: Bahrain
12th Feb – 14th Feb: Jerez
19th Feb – 21st Feb: Barcelona
25th Feb – 27th Feb: Barcelona

Final Times For Valencia Test :

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Laps
1.	K. Räikkönen	Ferrari	F2008	1:11.189		88
2.	H. Kovalainen	McLaren	MP4-23	1:11.206	+0.017	89
3.	F. Massa	Ferrari	F2008	1:11.831	+0.642	96
4.	K. Nakajima	Williams	FW30	1:11.971	+0.782	107
5.	L. Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-23	1:11.994	+0.805	84
6.	R. Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.08	1:12.095	+0.906	78
7.	J. Trulli	Toyota	TF108	1:12.109	+0.920	95
8.	S. Vettel	Toro Rosso	STR2	1:12.526	+1.337	105
9.	N. Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.07B	1:12.600	+1.411	39
10.	T. Glock	Toyota	TF108	1:12.705	+1.516	62
11.	G. Fisichella	Force India	F8-VII	1:12.949	+1.760	93
12.	N. Piquet Jr.	Renault	R28	1:12.973	+1.784	89
13.	S. Bourdais	Toro Rosso	STR2	1:13.060	+1.871	91
14.	M. Webber	Red Bull	RB4	1:13.133	+1.944	15
15.	N. Hülkenberg	Williams	FW29B	1:13.306	+2.117	74
16.	J. Button	Honda	RA108	1:13.689	+2.500	76
17.	T. Kogure	Honda	RA107	1:15.703	+4.514	25

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