12.04.2009

NEWS // RAIKKONEN TO DRIVE FOR CITROEN IN 2010 WRC

We just received word that 2007 Formula One World Champion, Kimi Räikkönen, will drive for Citroen in the 2010 World Rally Championship. This news comes after months of speculation, as unconfirmed rumors of a Räikkönen-Mercedes Grand Prix deal circulated the blogosphere.

According to our sources, Räikkönen will pilot the Red Bull Citroen C4, the same car Sebastien Loeb used to collect the last three WRC titles. Räikkönen’s co-driver will be Kaj Lindstrom (Tommi Makinen's former co-driver) and the pair will compete in 12 of the 13 WRC events in 2010.

Räikkönen has made it clear he would like to take a sabbatical from F1, however with a newly formed relationship with Red Bull, the former F1 champ might be in line to take Mark Webber's seat when his contract expires in 2011 // [comment]

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