Three drivers were told to let their team mates overtake them during the Styrian Grand Prix – but two of them took quite a bit of convincing.
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Raikkonen: Ferrari will give Vettel “exactly the same treatment” as Leclerc
2020 Styrian Grand Prix
Posted onFormer Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen doubts the team will give preferential treatment to Charles Leclerc because Sebastian Vettel is to leave them at the end of the year.
Who should Renault hire to replace Ricciardo?
Debates and Polls
Posted onDaniel Ricciardo’s impending departure will leave a gap in Renault’s driver line-up next year. Who should they hire to replace him?
Alonso? Vettel? Bottas? Who should Renault hire as Ricciardo’s replacement?
2021 F1 season
Posted onDaniel Ricciardo’s departure will leave a vacancy at Renault for 2021. Who should they hire to take his place?
Hamilton? Sainz? Ricciardo? Who will replace Vettel at Ferrari in 2021?
2021 F1 season
Posted onFerrari is understood to have an option on at least one driver for 2021 already. But that doesn’t mean they won’t look elsewhere to replace Sebastian Vettel.
Raikkonen: If the racing is better no one would care if we’re 10 seconds slower
2021 F1 season
Posted onKimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo say they are happy for Formula 1 cars to become several seconds slower if the racing gets better.
New 2021 rules won’t decide Raikkonen’s F1 future
2019 F1 season
Posted onKimi Raikkonen says he hopes F1’s new rules improve the racing in 2021 but says it won’t influence whether he decides to keep racing in the sport.
If F1 wants to go green “we should stay home and forget the racing” – Raikkonen
2019 Mexican Grand Prix
Posted onKimi Raikkonen says Formula 1 isn’t the best place to promote environmental messages because ‘we’re burning fuel to be first or second’.
Raikkonen: F1 looks “ridiculous” not running on very wet tracks
2019 Japanese Grand Prix
Posted onFormula 1 was better equipped to run in very wet conditions 18 years ago than it is today, according to Kimi Raikkonen.
Williams keep only point of 2019 so far as appeal court rejects Alfa Romeo protest
2019 German Grand Prix
Posted onAlfa Romeo has been unsuccessful in its attempt to appeal its German Grand Prix penalties, meaning Williams keep their only point of 2019 so far.
Power cut cost Alfa Romeo almost an hour
2019 Singapore Grand Prix
Posted onKimi Raikkonen revealed a power cut severely disrupted Alfa Romeo’s start to the Singapore Grand Prix weekend.
Raikkonen tight-lipped over injury which prompted Ericsson call-up
2019 Belgian Grand Prix
Posted onKimi Raikkonen gave away little about the leg injury he suffered during the summer break which led Alfa Romeo to put Marcus Ericsson on standby.
Ericsson standing by at Alfa Romeo after standing down from IndyCar drive
2019 F1 season
Posted onMarcus Ericsson will not take part in this weekend’s IndyCar race at Portland as he will attend the Belgian Grand Prix in his capacity as reserve driver for Alfa Romeo.
Alfa Romeo appeal to be heard next month
2019 German Grand Prix
Posted onAlfa Romeo’s German Grand Prix appeal – which affects points scored by their drivers plus Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica and the Haas duo – will be heard next month.
Raikkonen: Start which attracted penalty was nothing special
2019 German Grand Prix
Posted onKimi Raikkonen says his start in the German Grand Prix, which attracted a penalty due to the behaviour of his clutch, was not an especially good one.
Alfa Romeo to appeal Raikkonen and Giovinazzi penalties
2019 German Grand Prix
Posted onAlfa Romeo have announced they will appeal against the 30-second penalties which cost Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi their points finishes in the German Grand Prix.
Raikkonen not convinced F1 cars have become easier to drive
2019 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1’s most experienced active competitor, Kimi Raikkonen, isn’t convinced by Lewis Hamilton’s claim the current cars have become too easy to drive.
Raikkonen: Hard to tell if new wings have improved racing
2019 F1 season
Posted onKimi Raikkonen says it’s hard to tell how much of an effect the new front wing regulations introduced for the 2019 F1 season have had on the racing.
Hamilton had early warning Raikkonen was behind him
2019 Austrian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton, who is under investigation for delaying Kimi Raikkonen during Q1, said he “wasn’t aware” the Alfa Romeo was closing on him when the pair met on-track.
Raikkonen not surprised by Ricciardo’s penalty: “We all know the rules”
2019 French Grand Prix
Posted onKimi Raikkonen wasn’t surprised Daniel Ricciardo was penalised for passing him with all four wheels off the track on the final lap of the French GP.