Among the questions that Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen constantly hears are those about a possible second world championship title after the one he won in 2007 with Ferrari. With a 48-point deficit, the Finn is still in the race, and the impression that Lotus is close to achieving its first success only reinforces the feeling that Iceman could be a serious rival for Fernando Alonso. But as usual, the Finn remains cool and takes things as they come.<\/p>\n
\u00ab I have always said that I would be happy if I win but I’m not desperate. We do everything we can to try to win but if it doesn’t happen then it’s not a big deal. It doesn’t change my life. We try to win races and championships but it’s not like it will suddenly change my life, \u00bb explains R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen at Spa.<\/p>\n
After two years in WRC, R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen was somewhat expected to prove himself upon his return, especially since a certain Michael Schumacher had also attempted a comeback which, after 2 seasons, was not the most successful. Seeing him in such a good position is thus good news for his fans: \u00ab It was difficult to expect anything. It was a new team and we hoped to have a good car, but it was hard to say if we would have an easy time, so I’m happy with the way things have gone, but we clearly could have done a bit better. But it could also have been worse, \u00bb relativizes Iceman.<\/p>\n
And when asked if winning a title with Lotus would have a different flavor than the one won with Ferrari in 2007, the answer is unsurprisingly filled with common sense: \u00ab I only won the title with Ferrari so it’s hard to say. I had good times there, won my title. Things could probably have ended in a better way but that’s life. Now we are here [at Lotus] and I am happy with them and hopefully we can win races and fight for the championship. \u00bb<\/p>\n
From our correspondent at Spa-Francorchamps<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Often mentioned among the drivers who could contend for the world title in 2012, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen approaches things philosophically. Whatever happens will happen for the Lotus driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":40967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[777],"class_list":["post-18815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-raikkonen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n