Stefano Domenicali calls Kimi Raikkonen a dangerous driver in title chase – Formula 1 news
Ferrari team principal, Stefano Domenicali has said that he considers Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus, a major threat for their driver, Fernando Alonso in the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship.
Raikkonen has made a tremendous comeback in this year with the Enstone based team after racing in the World Rally Championship during the last couple of years where he could not make a sound impression. However he has performed amazingly well in this season
so far and has been deemed as a potential title contender which he surely deserves.
The Finnish driver has secured 6 podium finishes in the first 13 grands prix and has surprised everyone in the field with his remarkable racing skills and capabilities.
Even though, Alonso is currently leading the drivers’ championship with quite a strong lead over his main rival, Lewis Hamilton of McLaren. Nevertheless, Domenicali has recently said that Raikkonen is undoubtedly a major threat for their star driver as the
Finn is showing incredible improvements in his pace as the season is progressing.
In addition, the Italian said that Hamilton is also one of the main contenders in this year’s championship. Besides, he insisted that the drivers who are standing in the first five or six positions should not be underestimated as after witnessing the unpredictable
nature of the ongoing season, anything can happen in the upcoming races.
Over and above, he said that they earnestly need to keep on making the substantial developments in their car so as to maintain their lead in the championship battle.
"I have to respect all of them, and I've always said that Kimi, step by step, is a dangerous driver and he's getting closer and closer. For sure Hamilton with car he has now is very strong, but we have seen in last two races that anything can happen. So
all the drivers that are in top five and top six need to be taken very seriously. So we need to see situation race by race to see competitive situation of car they are driving and what is there position. That's the only thing that we have to do now," he said.
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