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Finland's Kimi Raikkonen proved just how sharp driving in the FIA World Rally Championship keeps you when he got back to winning ways in Formula 1 with victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last weekend.
In between tributes to his Lotus team and his car, the Iceman explained how the WRC had helped him return to the top of the podium in F1. Raikkonen's victory in Abu Dhabi was the first one of his Grand Prix return, and the 19th of his career.
“It's good to be back, but nothing's really changed for me,” Raikkonen said.
“In rallying it was a very different type of driving though: you can learn all the corners on a circuit pretty quickly but you will never learn them all on a rally. When I came back to Formula 1 I found the feeling again pretty quickly.”
“I have one word first of all: Great. Then there are many words such as ‘relief' and ‘deserved'. It's obviously a very well deserved result for the team. I'm pleased for Kimi and he did a very good job,” said Lotus team principal Eric Boullier.
Raikkonen, who currently lies third in the F1 standings, drove for Citroen on the WRC with Red Bull backing from 2010-2011. And rallying is still unfinished business for the Finn: he requested permission from his team to contest his home round of the WRC this year, but sadly it was refused.
It mist be said that Lotus, which was known as the Renault team a few years ago, had losr the services of their No. 1 driver, Robert Kubica, in a nasty rally crash.
Finland's Kimi Raikkonen proved just how sharp driving in the FIA World Rally Championship keeps you when he got back to winning ways in Formula 1 with victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last weekend.
In between tributes to his Lotus team and his car, the Iceman explained how the WRC had helped him return to the top of the podium in F1. Raikkonen's victory in Abu Dhabi was the first one of his Grand Prix return, and the 19th of his career.
“It's good to be back, but nothing's really changed for me,” Raikkonen said.
“In rallying it was a very different type of driving though: you can learn all the corners on a circuit pretty quickly but you will never learn them all on a rally. When I came back to Formula 1 I found the feeling again pretty quickly.”
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| Photo: Citroen Racing |
“I have one word first of all: Great. Then there are many words such as ‘relief' and ‘deserved'. It's obviously a very well deserved result for the team. I'm pleased for Kimi and he did a very good job,” said Lotus team principal Eric Boullier.
Raikkonen, who currently lies third in the F1 standings, drove for Citroen on the WRC with Red Bull backing from 2010-2011. And rallying is still unfinished business for the Finn: he requested permission from his team to contest his home round of the WRC this year, but sadly it was refused.
It mist be said that Lotus, which was known as the Renault team a few years ago, had losr the services of their No. 1 driver, Robert Kubica, in a nasty rally crash.