Raikkonen Citroen WRC

Kimi Räikkönen could return to Formula 1 in 2011 at the wheel of a seater Red Bull F1 car. The Austrian company officials believe that this idea is “at least interesting.”
The officials of the company that produces the Red Bull energy drink admit that the idea of Kimi Raikkonen’s return to Formula 1 next season under the colors of the team patronized by Dieter Mateschitz is “at least interesting”. The claim belongs to Helmut Marko, Mateschitz’s advisor on motorsport subjects.
“He (Raikkonen) has a contract with Red Bull, so let’s wait and see how this develops. We have a large Red Bull family, so there are many options. We will have to see how he goes in rallying and what he wants to do, but the idea is at least interesting,” the Red Bull official declared.

Kimi Raikkonen chose World Rally Championship this season, leaving an empty place in the Ferrari F1 Team for his former
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Kimi Raikkonen was the victim of an accident on the second special stage of the Arctic Rally, but was able to return to competition.
Kimi Raikkonen competes this weekend in the Arctic Rally, the first stage of the Finnish Rally Championship, to accommodate with his Citroen C4 WRC car which will use starting next month in the World Rally Championship.
The Finnish pilot began in force, and in the first stage he managed to get a time with only 5 seconds behind his team-mate from Citroen, Dani Sordo.
However, on the second stage Raikkonen suffered an accident after he hit a tree in a right turn. Together with co-driver Kaj Lindstrom, Raikkonen asked the viewers to help him put the car back on the road and eventually was able to continue to rally thanks to the support received from fans. The Finn finished the second stage at 31 minutes behind Sordo and also drove in
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Just like we told you on November 28th, Kimi Raikkonen was close to a deal with Citroen WRC. Now, it’s official: Kimi Raikkonen will drive the Citroen WRC in 2010, starting in 12 rounds of the World Rally Championship.
We were saying that Kimi and Sebastian Loeb will team up, but it seems that things are not like this. Raikkonen signed with Citroen’s second squad, the Junior World Rally Team, where he will meet his co-driver Kaj Lindstrom – who co-drove Tommi Makinen. Anyway this would not be the first time the two meet, as the two Finns raced last year in WRC Neste Oil Rally of Finland in a Abarth Grande Punto S200.
Even though Junior World Rally Team sound a bit… errr “junior” thing are a not so easily taken, as the new formed team will only miss the New Zealand Rally.

“I always wanted to compete in rally, especially in the World Rally Championship,” said
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We all heard the rumors that Kimi Raikkonen will not hold the steering wheel in his hands in 2010
and almost all of us had the same opinion: “what a waste of talent!” But it seems we were all wrong. It seems that after all Raikkonen will race next year, but it will not be a Formula 1 monopost. He will drive a Citroen in the World Rally Championship.
They say that Ferrari and Kimi had a deal, the Fin was getting $25 million just to sit out in the upcoming Formula 1 season, with a clause saying that Raikkonen will only get $18 million from Ferrrai if it is to sign for another team.
Anyway someone close to the former Formula One driver told wrc.com that Kimi Raikkonen is close to a deal with the Citroen Total World Rally Team, who’s main sponsor is Red Bull, and also the personal sponsor of the Fin, so it seems
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