Kimi to retire end 08?
 

If Alonso is really looking to move to Ferrari in 09 then does this mean Kimi would retire and has signed only a two year contract? After seeing that Alonso needs to be the number one driver with everything that goes with it surely he would not want to team with kimi as he would have to be joint number one. This perhaps explains why Massa has been signed for three years as Ferrari know Kimi is retiring at the end of next season.

It might be true, if Kimi wants to try something new. He achieved his main aim and won the Championship.

Well he's a no nonsense type, who I guess doesn't really see himself as a 'celebrity' (sensible bloke) and would see F1 as 'job done'. Makes sense to me.

Nah I think he'll stay. Don't think Ferrari would take Alonso over him ever.

I hope that he stays, because he is a very good driver and very cool as personality, although I'd love to see him winning different kind of races.

Kimis Ferrari contract runs through to the end of '09.

If you ask Kimi, he'll say that he has "a few years" left in his Ferrari contract, but he tends to be a bit vague about numbers so who knows what it actually means. He's definitely contracted until (and including) 2009 and may have options that go even beyond that.

Also, it's by no means sure that he'll retire after his current contract expires. A year ago, when his Ferrari deal was announced, he said Ferrari would be his last team in F1. A reporter took this to mean that he was already planning to retire and asked him about it. The answer was a somewhat surprised "Well, I didn't say it would be the last contract I'd sign..."

I'd be disappointed if Raikkonen retired but not really surprised. He's never struck me as one of those guys who think only of F1. Now that he's reached the top I think he'd leave if something caught his eye that looked more interesting.

He's not like Hamilton or even Schumacher before him. Those guys seemed to almost exist only to race F1 cars. Schumi can't even make a clean break after retiring. I think that once Raikkonen decides to retire we'll never see him in any F1 related capacity again.

Can never work Kimi out, that's why he's so popular. All he's interested in is driving flat out, nothing else. I think he may go Rallying.

He would be what 30? That is pretty young for retirement. That would make you think he'd want to try something else.

Doesn't strike me as an oval guy, so Nascar and the IRL are out of the question.

He is pretty good at Monaco, but the money is not there in CC for him to come.

DTM is in a mess.

He is a Fin for sakes! WRC is most Fin's life. Kimi and Rossi in 2009 with Loeb, boy would that be a big way for WRC To start to grow again.

Are you afraid of losing your Rules? http://www.motorsportforums.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

"Kimi is a worthed driver, he deserved the title" Alonso admitted.

Could you imagine him in NASCAR?? http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...lies/smile.gif

he was 28 last month
http://87.117.195.32/kimi/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1098

but do not forget that Ferrari had the contract option on him when he was at sauber (Ferrari powered) before he joined mclaren so he could be there a few more years

Published on The Brunei Times (http://www.bt.com.bn/en)
Kimi 'the gorilla' takes part in powerboat race



BUDAPEST


Saturday, August 4, 2007

AS if there were not enough monkey business already in Formula One with all the accusations of spying and sabotage, Kimi Raikkonen was questioned on Thursday about dressing up as a gorilla.

Finnish reporters at the Hungarian Grand Prix said Ferrari's free-spirited driver and two friends took part in a powerboat race last week in the Finnish harbour city of Hanko while wearing gorilla suits.

They then won a prize for the best-dressed crew.

Asked about the episode, Raikkonen smiled enigmatically: "Yeah, but was it really me?" he replied. "You don't know.

"We've got the trophy already. It was just a boat race and we went for fun," he added.

Raikkonen, winner of three races already in his first season at Ferrari as replacement for retired seven times champion Michael Schumacher, is used to such escapades.

Earlier in the year, the "Iceman" entered and won a snowmobile race in his homeland under the name of James Hunt, the late British Formula One champion renowned for his wild playboy lifestyle.

I have it on good authority that instead of the new Airbus A380, Virgin Atlantic will be buying a fleet of 50 "British Landraces" as part of their drive towards more Porcine Aviation.

No, because he would not enjoy this type of racing, I think. He might try to win Indy 500, but I am not sure that this race means anything to him. He'll try some rallying for fun and, if he is good, might take a shot for the WRC.

Kimi doesnt retire.. he goes to Mclaren in 09 http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...s/laughing.gif your on the right track though http://www.motorsportforums.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

nope

No, he won't go back to McLaren. Never.
Why should he?
After so many years with them, he experienced only bitterness. In his first try with Ferrari, he won, despite McLaren's best (and worst) efforts. So he will stay with Ferrari, the team who made him Formula One World Champion.

Everyone seems to be assuming that Kimi has a plan to do something in a couple of years......and if he did, he would talk about it with newspaper reporters, just like Kimi was doing all season long, about how Kimi is going to win the WDC, how Kimi will be a worthy WDC, how Kimi is a real team player, how he has accomplished so much, how Kimi tried to be best friend with his teammate for the good of the team, how he will win it all next year, how Kimi will stay at Mac for the rest of his career, how Kimi is cooler than Kimi,.........opps seems I got him confused with Bernie's dream WDC....