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Salo hails Ferrari decision to keep Raikkonen

Ferrari was 'sensible and wise' to have re-signed Kimi Raikkonen for 2016 according to Mika Salo, another Finnish driver who once raced for the fabled Maranello team. 'Ferrari has made a sensible and wise decision,' he told the Finnish broadcaster MTV. 'There were no better options than Kimi.' Salo, 48, suggested that the last few weeks must have been filled with intense negotiations between the 2007 world champion and Ferrari, perhaps about salary. 'All I know is that Kimi's option expired a month ago. We will probably never know more,' he added. 'What we do know is that all this speculation was completely pointless. When a cooperation works, then it will be continued,' said Salo. Nico...
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