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Originally Posted by sportsjefe
minor derail, but i hadn't heard about that...
Why IS Raikkonen going to rally racing?
Good question. A lot of people are asking the same thing. Apparently he had always expressed a desire to move to WRC after his F1 career concluded...so if it was his plan to retire from F1 at age 30 all along, then I guess this makes sense...
Honestly, I don't know what else he could accomplish in F1 anyways. He's won a world title, he's made a
ridiculous amount of money...I would assume F1 is probably much more stressful than WRC when you factor the increased likelihood of serious injury and the immense media attention, so maybe this is a better fit for Kimi at this stage in his life.
*EDIT: two other things to note...one is that obviously the Finns and Scandies in general absolutely love rally, it's in their blood...the second is that apparently Ferrari frowned upon Raikkonen's preferred off-season leisure activities of hockey, snowmobiling and snowboarding. Maybe he got tired of the Ferrari bs.