The director of the Ford team in WRC, Malcolm Wilson, offered the reigning Formula 1 world champion, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, a test drive in one of the team’s Ford Focus WRC cars.<\/p>\n
The Ferrari driver, whose contract with Scuderia Ferrari ends at the conclusion of the 2009 season, recently stated that it would be interesting to try rallying once his F1 career is over.<\/p>\n
\u00ab I would like to offer him a trial session, \u00bb suggested Wilson for Eurosport.<\/p>\n
\u00ab This would be an excellent opportunity for us. \u00bb<\/p>\n
The current WRC world champion, S\u00e9bastien Loeb, is also open to the idea of R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen taking this test, all amidst rumors about the latter’s future after 2009.<\/p>\n
\u00ab I am in favor of this idea because it is good to have big names in motor sports associated with the WRC, \u00bb he commented.<\/p>\n
Loeb thinks that the Finn’s adaptation to this trial will be difficult given the fundamental difference in the tracks.<\/p>\n
\u00ab But with the talent he has and with a bit of practice, he will undoubtedly be able to adapt and find a good rhythm, \u00bb explained the 34-year-old Frenchman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The director of the Ford team in WRC, Malcolm Wilson, offered the reigning Formula 1 world champion, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen, a test drive in one of the team’s Ford Focus WRC cars. The Ferrari driver, whose contract with Scuderia Ferrari ends at the conclusion of the 2009 season, recently stated that it would be interesting to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":42993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[1235],"class_list":["post-25912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-pilotes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n