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Mo' Money, Fewer Problems: Can Raikkonen earn more by not racing?

If you scoffed at the notion that unionized auto workers were being paid not to work, you're going to love this one: According to reports emerging from Europe, Kimi Raikkonen could stand to make more money next year if he doesn't race than if he does. The bizarre circumstance comes down to the terms of his departure from Scuderia Ferrari. Kimi was reportedly offered a whopping 17 million euros in order to make room for an incoming Fernando Alonso, but that's only if he doesn't find a suitable seat with another team. If he does, Ferrari will ... Read more →

End of Year Shuffle: 14 Formula One teams swap drivers for 2010

If you thought the series of driver changes in the middle of this ongoing Formula One season was something, it's nothing compared to the grand game of musical chairs expected to ensue as the season ...

Rumormill: Raikkonen to leave Ferrari for new Fiat rally team, VW to follow?

The World Rally Championship is targeting the participation of four major manufacturers within the next two seasons, and according to the latest scuttlebutt, they just might get what they are ...

SPOILER ALERT: Of Champions and Shadows at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix

Jenson Button and his Brawn GP team cast a dominating shadow over the start of this year's Formula One World Championship, taking the checkered flag at six out of the seven races this season to take ...

Musical Chairs: Kimi contests WRC Finland, Rossi considers Ferrari, F1 could grow 3rd car

Typically F1 drivers come up through the formula racing ladder. But for every rule there's an exception, and that exception seems to be creeping up for Ferrari, who are facing a potential change-up ...

Raikkonen to drive the Arctic rally in a Punto Abarth 9 months ago on Autoblog

Ferrari's Formula One driving aces have a history of branching into other forms of motorsport. Michael Schumacher has tried his hand at motorbike racing with some success, Felipe Massa continues to mount the occasional karting assault, and now Kimi Raikkonen is slated to tackle the Arctic Lapland ...

Ferrari confirms Kimi and Felipe for 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog

The closer we get to the end of this season and to the start of the next, the clearer the picture will become as to which drivers will be where for the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship. While his team was undergoing testing alongside its competitors at the Monza track in Italy, Ferrari ...

Schumacher fills in at Ducati test, Raikkonen could be next 1 year ago on Autoblog

Actions speak louder than words. Surely a multiple world champion driver like Michael Schumacher would appreciate such a principal, yet the retired Formula One driver continues to proclaim that he has no intention of competing in MotoGP despite his actions suggesting otherwise. After bringing you ...

VIDEO: Raikkonen and Schumacher in Fiat Bravo commercial 1 year ago on Autoblog

"So...wanna see a pensioner drive?" Michael Schumacher casts a pretty big shadow over all of F1, and nobody knows it better than Kimi Raikkonen. That's bred a little animosity by Ferrari's latest world champion to his septuple-crown predecessor, but that hasn't stopped either from fulfilling their ...

FIA rejects McLaren appeal, confirms Raikkonen's title 1 year ago on Autoblog

Kimi Raikkonen and the boys at Ferrari can breathe a sigh of relief, as their championship has been formally confirmed by the FIA. The title was appealed by the incredibly sore losers at McLaren, who insisted that because of a temperature irregularity in the fuel in BMW's and Williams' cars at the ...

Formula 1: Raikkonen moving to Ferrari? 3 years ago on Autoblog

The European press is bubbling over with talk that McLaren-Mercedes F1 superstar Kimi Raikkonen has signed a contract to race for Ferrari in 2007. Rumors about Raikkonen's future have run rampant since McLaren announced the signing of world champion Fernando Alonso for 2007, and intensified after ...








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Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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