Raikkonen In WRC Debut

Kimi Raikkonen is to debut in the World Rally Championship at his home round in Finland. He’ll be competing in the July Neste Oil Rally. While this is not his first rally it is his first rally in a WRC event and more notably his first outing in a gravel race. Whereas previously his rallying had been limited to much less serious snow rallies.

This is an interesting departure for the 2007 F1 champion and may indicate his desires lay elsewhere now his Ferrari is uncompetitive and that it is rumoured that Alonso will be announced the next Ferrari driver at Monza this year. If so that leaves no room for Kimi Raikkonen as he will not want to be a number two driver and Alonso will not want a driver of the calibre of Kimi Raikkonen as a team mate.