It gets more exciting in the last couple of races - Raikkonen

After sponsor appearances in the city, Kimi Raikkonen arrived at the circuit in time to attend today's official FIA press conference and as the winner in China last year, he had the "honour" of being questioned first.

"It is nice to come back here," began the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro driver. "I have had some good races in the past here but hopefully we can have similar achievement this year but we need to see what we can do. Hopefully I can challenge for a win. The car is definitely improving and it is better for me but we are still not exactly where we want to be. But this is a different place from the last circuit. Last year we had a good time and hopefully this year we can again. At Fuji I had a pretty okay qualifying but then it didn't work out in the race as well. For sure qualifying for all the teams is going to make a big difference and if you are driving behind cars it is going to be difficult to get past anybody."

With Raikkonen out of the title race, the media were keen to know what he could do to help his team mate. " I always try to win but hopefully we are in a position this weekend to fight for that. I know what the team expects from me and I know what they want, they want both championships, so we will see how the race goes and where we are and then maybe there is some different approach we can take. That we will see during the race."

And he wisely avoided predicting a winner when asked which of the three drivers with a mathematical possibility will eventually come out on top. "It depends really how these last two races go. Anything can happen. There are three guys who can win, so last year I was quite a bit behind and I was still able to do it, so I am not going to start guessing who is going to win. I am sure whoever wins deserves it in the end and we hope that our team will be there. In my situation I am racing for the team, to get the points in the first place and Lewis and Felipe are racing against themselves. At some point, when the points are close, the other guy needs to try to keep the other bloke behind and vice versa, so a lot of things can easily go well for one guy and go badly for another. Then you see different results sometimes, it can be because of the weather but I wouldn't put money on anybody: anybody can win the title really. It gets more exciting in the last couple of races, especially for the guys who are fighting for the championship."