Why Raikkonen is doing just fine
While his Citroen Junior team-mate Sebastien Ogier stole the headlines with victory on Rally Portugal, Kimi Raikkonen continued his steady progress in the WRC. David Evans explains why those writing off the Finn are jumping the gun
The Citroen Junior Team topped and tailed the top 10 of last week's Rally of Portugal. Countless words have been written about Sebastien Ogier, who finished first in Faro. Not so many will be read about Kimi Raikkonen at the other end of the leaderboard.
Having committed plenty of paragraphs to the C4 WRC driver who hasn't won a Formula 1 World Championship, I'm now going to redress that balance.
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