Indeed
LdM strikes me as a proud man. Raikkonen's return would certainly be viewed as a tacit admission of error on his part.
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Adrian Sutil has secured a deal with Sauber to ensure himself a race seat for 2014. He will effectively make the inverse move of Nico Hulkenberg who joined Force India following his departure at Sauber.
There is nothing LdM philosophical speech cant fix.zeph wrote:"It would be funny, no?"
Indeed
LdM strikes me as a proud man. Raikkonen's return would certainly be viewed as a tacit admission of error on his part.
Source:Despite denial, Ferrari have already decided their 2014 drive line-up according to various paddock sources and they're likely to announce the decision on Wednesday. Kimi Raikkonen will replace Felipe Massa at the Italian outfit for 2014, they claim, with a two-year contract having already been signed. Team principal Stefano Domenicali and president Luca di Montezemolo had already admitted the Finn was a possibility, but stopped short of confirming anything to the media. Why Raikkonen over Massa? Whilst Massa has been improving recently, with a fourth place in Italy, it's come too late for Ferrari's management. His 90 point deficit to team-mate Fernando Alonso and his single podium so far haven't been enough to keep them interested. Raikkonen meanwhile, in arguably equally paced machinery to Ferrari, is just 35 points behind Alonso and has taken six podiums in comparison. The Finn is seen as consistent, yet capable of winning races, unlike Massa who hasn't won in some 84 races. Ferrari need a title. They haven't won a drivers' title since Raikkonen's 2007 glory and a constructors' since 2008. They see 2014 as a massive opportunity to claim at least one with Red Bull's now weaker driver line-up featuring the inexperienced Daniel Ricciardo. To win the constructors' they need two drivers capable of scoring big points each and every weekend - something they would most certainly get with an Alonso-Raikkonen pairing. What's Massa's next move? It isn't certain, as is the case with everything in F1, what Massa might do next. The Brazilian has previously stated he wouldn't return to a smaller team, but his best bet lies with Sauber, whom he knows well from his time there between 2002 and 2005. Sauber are expected to drop Esteban Gutierrez in order to run Russian youngster Sergey Sirotkin as they are contractually obliged to do. Yet the Swiss team might find itself having to fill the second seat as Lotus are believed to have been in talks with Nico Hulkenberg should Raikkonen leave. Massa would certainly have some competition for the seat though, with Ferrari keen to see former junior academy driver Jules Bianchi move up from Marussia to the Ferrari powered Sauber next year.
Ugh, who writes this garbage? Stream of consciousness of "facts" randomly put together, "arguably equally paced machinery", yeah they had one in China (also at Monza from what I've heardHolm86 wrote:Kimi to Ferrari done deal?? It would be exciting to see Alonso and Kimi in the same team. I wonder how Alonso feels about this if this is true.
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AMuS and RTL stated that an agreement between KR and Ferrari was settled on Wednesday and that next Wednesday Massa will be in a meeting with LdMfroggy wrote:Judging from his post race comments, i'm thinking Massa is on the way out.
Despite the continuing questioning in the last few years about his future with Ferrari, he for the most part always humbly responded that the results he produces will determine his future.
Now, all of a sudden he is selling himself to other teams.
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Glob ... konen.aspxFinnish F1 driver KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN "will reportedly leave Lotus at the end of the season and return to Scuderia Ferrari," according to Pohl & Uhl of BILD. Ferrari President LUCA DI MONTEZEMOLO has decided on Räikkönen as FERNANDO ALONSO's new teammate. During Sunday's Italian Grand Prix, the two sides "reportedly reached a breakthrough in negotiations."
