Raikkonen says he will be stronger in '08

"Without a doubt I'll become better," said Raikkonen during the launch of the F2008 car at Maranello.

"Because now I know what the team wants from me. But as long as you're not racing, you don't know what will happen."

Raikkonen joined the Italian squad from McLaren last year and had a difficult time adapting to the new car at the start of the season.

As the year progressed, however, the Finn became stronger and went on to win his first title in the final race of the year.

Raikkonen believes Ferrari and McLaren will again be the main protagonists in 2008.

"Ferrari and McLaren will be there," he added. "Renault had a difficult year last year but it might be a completely different story this year but nobody really knows after the first couple of tests and we get some kind of idea where everybody is. And then there's BMW.

"It will be a difficult year. It's my second year at Ferrari. I can feel that everything is going really well. I know the people I am working with and I really like the team.

"We need to always look at what others are doing but the main thing is that we keep pushing hard as a team and we keep improving we should be in good shape."

The 28-year-old added that he's not thinking too much about his future beyond his current Ferrari contract.

"That's quite difficult to tell now. I have still two years left and if I go on having fun, I'll stay here. I really like Formula One and I have a brilliant team. We'll see.

"We want to start really well into a great season. We want to win again the world titles and we want to avoid retirements. This is the main feature to win against McLaren. That is how it was and that is how it will be in the future."