News Details

Raikkonen retirement talk not smart says Hakkinen

Mika Hakkinen has questioned countryman Kimi Raikkonen's admission that he will "probably" retire after the 2015 season. Finn Raikkonen, who replaced Hakkinen at McLaren when the double world champion retired in 2001, said at Silverstone that he is unlikely to seek a new contract once his current Ferrari tenure ends. "Everyone does what he thinks is right," Hakkinen said in his latest interview for sponsor Hermes, "but in my opinion that was not tactically very smart. "If the mechanics and everyone else knows that a driver intends to just hang up his helmet in a year and a half, then they will probably pay more attention to the other driver, in this case...
Full Story »
11y ago from GrandPrix.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hakkinen: Raikkonen retirement talk not smart

Kimi Raikkonen Double F1 world champion and fellow Finn, Mika Hakkinen...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Raikkonen retirement talk 'not smart' says Hakkinen

Mika Hakkinen has questioned countryman Kimi Raikkonen's admission that...
11y ago from F1Zone.net

Mattiacci downplays talk of Kimi retiring

Ferrari boss Marco Mattiacci insists Kimi Raikkonen's retirement plans...
11y ago from PlanetF1.com

Vettel not sure Red Bull can catch Mercedes for 2015 F1

Vettel not sure Red Bull can catch Mercedes for 2015 F1Posted On 10 Jul...
11y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez expects ‘even faster’ times from 2027...

Marc Marquez has cast doubt over claims that the new 850cc MotoGP engines...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Takuma Sato makes Indy 500 return with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will drive...

Helio Castroneves confirms return for 26th...

Helio Castroneves has confirmed that he will take part in the upcoming...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

WRC Rally Scotland brings top tier rallying back to...

The 2027 WRC calendar should have an exciting new event on the calendar:...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: £86m rival player is now highly sought by...

Arsenal and Manchester United are very interested in signing the Newcastle...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Newcastle to rival Arsenal in 100m move for...

Arsenal and Manchester City will have to compete with Newcastle United for...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Paul Merson predicts winner of Arsenal vs Manchester...

The Carabao Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley is...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Champions League review: more trauma for the Premier...

y two of the Premier League’s last-16 teams made it to the...
8h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.