Driven to Distraction
Kimi Raikkonen has become frustrated after a year in which, many people agree, he has lost the drivers' title because of McLaren's poor reliability. That has made rumours of a move to Ferrari in 2007 louder than any of the two teams would have liked. Richard Barnes explain why Raikkonen would made a mistake if he left McLaren
Viewing Grand Prix starts from the lower half of the grid is becoming a depressingly routine feature of Kimi Raikkonen's season. For the third time in just two months, the frustrated Finn dominated the weekend until qualifying - only to find himself relegated back into the ranks of the modest midfielders, courtesy of yet another Mercedes FO110R engine failure and consequent ten-place penalty on the grid.
The truly bizarre aspect is that, amongst all the awful luck, Raikkonen has actually enjoyed good fortune as well. If his British, French or Italian GP engines had blown during the race rather than in free practice, Raikkonen may have already surrendered the title to Renault's Fernando Alonso.
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Reverting to Instinct
A Night Lottery
A Distinct Possibility
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