Report: Kimi Raikkonen Signs For Mclaren
September 23, 2009
Kimi Raikkonen has signed an “outline agreement” to kick off a second tenure with the McLaren team beginning next season, the Mirror newspaper reported on Sunday.
The British newspaper said the 29-year-old Finn, who raced with the Woking based outfit between 2002 and 2006, must first reach an agreement with Ferrari, with whom he is under contract for one more season.
The Mirror cited “paddock sources” in claiming that Raikkonen is prepared to vacate his contracted Ferrari seat in 2010, but only if the famous Italian outfit pays his salary. The newspaper estimated Raikkonen’s 2010 Ferrari contract at nearly US $49m.
The report also said the news ties in with Nico Rosberg’s link with Brawn and the Brackley team’s burgeoning relationship with Mercedes-Benz.
The German manufacturer Mercedes was said to be pushing for Rosberg to replace Heikki Kovalainen at McLaren, but may now have resolved to push the German driver to Brawn and increase its involvement with the Ross Brawn-led outfit.
Source: GMM via F1-Live
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izzit true? shed some light on me please.
ze’ iceman returns….
Kimi, join la 1Malaysia F1 team….You can get Datukship wor. Maybe Tan Sri…hihihihi
kimi is so over rated
agreed with LOL..
good driver paid too much…
HeHe
Kimi going back to Mclaren maybe another
Alain Prost vs Aryton Senna era
In my humble opinion, Kimi is one of the most natural drivers of all time. Getting paid so high is just a bonus to him.
Oh btw, i thought Kimi was supposed to join WRC Finland next year?
Ome less driver for Ferrari. Hmmm…..?
if this is for real, then i’ll be sticking my eyes on the telly for next season’s races. i have always been a fan of kimi-mclaren, but i opted to stick with mclaren when he crossed to prancing horses.
he was a very good driver, a reliable sidekick to my favourite driver of all time, mika. good move kimi.
welcome home.
Alonso joining Ferrari is the next best thing to the Shummi era.
Im a great fan of Kimi but it seems he has lost interest and i hope we will see him get that back when he goes back to Mclaren, unfortunately im not a Mclaren fan.