Source: WRC.com
Four-time world champion Tommi Makinen has tipped his
countryman Kimi Raikkonen to remain in the World Rally Championship next
season.
The Red Bull-backed Citroen Junior Team driver is
reckoned to be close to deciding on his future beyond the end of this
season and Makinen says he shouldn’t be going anywhere other than the
WRC.
Makinen said: “It would be nice to see him [stay in WRC] of
course. I haven’t discussed it with him so I don’t know what he is
thinking, but he seems to be happy. Kimi is the kind of guy who wants to
make success and find the best performance from himself. I’m sure he is
the guy who is not giving up. That’s why I’m pretty sure he won’t jump
out of rally yet. I’m pretty sure he will stay next year.”
Makinen added that he had been impressed with Raikkonen’s speed on Rally Bulgaria earlier in the summer.
“He
did very well in Bulgaria,” said Makinen. “And I’m sure he’s really
looking forward to the [next three] Tarmac events. After every rally he
is getting more and more experience working together with his co-driver.
That is the biggest issue for him. It’s very difficult to understand
the difference.
“If you are driving on the circuit you remember
everything, you just concentrate on every corner and you know exactly
where you are going. I am sure he can make very good times when he is
testing. But when you go forward you need the experience. It is such a
difference.”
Raikkonen has just completed his test for next week’s
Rallye Deutschland, where he shared the running with Citroen Junior
Team team-mate Sebastien Ogier. The Trier-based event will only be
Raikkonen’s second ever asphalt WRC round in a World Rally Car.
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