Kimi Raikkonen Q&A

"Everybody should be given equal opportunity. I'm not sure how they judge who can have a super-licence and I'm not expecting to be treated differently to anyone else, but Mazzacane came to F1 from Formula Nissan? I believe Formula Renault is very close to F3 in performance, anyway. Really, I only hope to be given a chance to show that I can hack it in F1. It's what I've been working towards and it wouldn't seem right, if I was denied a chance after Sauber have decided to trust in me."



"I do, sure. Some people seem to think I haven't, but I've been racing in karts since I was eight and you drive closer to one another in those. I may only have done 23 car races, but I don't believe the number is a key issue. I don't think Sauber would want a driver, who's not ready for F1. I could do a season in something else, but cannot see that changing my way of driving."



"Mazzacane and who? (After hearing how Lavaggi came to F1 he carries on...) Yes, I do think it would be unfair. I have done well in the Euroseries, too, and at best they had over 40 cars on the grid. I don't understand people writing me off before I've been able to prove myself over those 300 kms of testing."



"Of course I will - that's what we've been working towards in fitness training and everything. I expect they [the F1 Commission] will make up their minds after it. I'm not sure what I should do to convince them, but I'll just approach it as any other test - trying to go fast and not make mistakes."



"I'll be sick as a parrot, of course, after getting a contract to drive in F1. It may waste a full year, as it's very late now to get a decent deal for anything else. But I won't worry about it now. I'll just approach the test assuming I will get the nod. If it goes wrong, then I'll think again."