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Alex Wurz reckons Kimi Raikkonen can win the hearts of the tifosi in much the same way that Gilles Villeneuve previously won them.
Villeneuve, long considered to be one of Ferrari’s greatest sons, was a legend in the eyes of the tifosi, and Wurz believes Raikkonen can emaulate that same level of passion.
However, in order for that to happen, he concedes that the Ferrari faithful will need to realise that Raikkonen isn’t seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher, he’s his own man, with his own style.
"Kimi will do just fine at Ferrari – better than fine," the Williams told F1-Racing magazine.
"Once they’ve accepted that he’s Kimi and not Schumi, they’ll learn to love him.
"Because he’s easy to understand and therefore to love: a big talent who just enjoys what he’s doing.
"And if he’s good at it, which he is, and he’s consistent over a number of seasons, then I believe he could follow in the footsteps of Gilles Villeneuve rather than Michael.
"And, if things work out like that, then they might well be just perfect for both Ferrari and Kimi."
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Kimi Raikkonen’s former boss Peter Sauber has suggested that the Finn might be an even quicker driver if he was more interested in technical matters.
It is often suggested in F1 circles that the 27-year-old, uncooperative with the media and solely relying on the engineers to perfect his car, is only interested in actually driving.
Many believe that Raikkonen’s excessively cool approach may be contributing to his current struggle to keep up with his Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa.
"His strengths are definitely not on the technical side," Peter Sauber, who brought Raikkonen into formula one as a rookie in 2001, said in an interview with Auto Bild.
"Kimi is unbelievably fast, focused and powerful. He has a huge amount of natural talent."
"I would not call his lack of technical interest a weakness. But you could say this: It would be interesting to see how good he could be if he concerned himself with the technology-side as well."
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