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Whitmarsh: Raikkonen will never realise his potential
Kimi Raikkonen never realised his full potential in Formula 1, according to the Finn's former boss Martin Whitmarsh. Whitmarsh, now involved in America's Cup yacht racing, was Raikkonen's boss at McLaren between 2002 and 2006, and he then tried to re-sign the Finn for 2010 when Ferrari ousted him. 'Although Kimi hates Ron [Dennis] with a passion, I always got on ok with him,' he told the British magazine Motor Sport. 'We were in negotiations [in 2009] with his management, but they were being a bit commercially ambitious, and then Jenson [Button] became available and it all fell into place, so that was that,' added Whitmarsh. Raikkonen, the 2007 world champion and now 35 years old, was the...
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