Alfa Romeo F1 Boss Reveals Actual Timeline for Raikkonen’s 2022 Decision

Kimi Raikkonen is in his 21st season in Formula One. The Finn made his F1 debut in 2000. But with every race, it looks like the sharpness in Kimi’s driving is deteriorating. He crashed with Sebastian Vettel at the last lap of the Austrian Grand Prix when the German was clearly ahead of the Finnish driver.

It is anybody’s guess whether Kimi would leave or stay in the sport next season. But Alfa Romeo team principal Fred Vasseur has come out to mention that he would not make any decisions on drivers before the summer break.

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Raikkonen has huge experience, and he’s doing a fantastic job: Fred Vasseur

As reported by racingnews365, The Alfa Romeo Team Principal has mentioned that his team has made a step forward from last year. He also stated that he is happy with the performances of both his drivers.

“Kimi has huge experience and he’s doing a fantastic job in the race to manage the situation. He’s always able to do the perfect job in the management,” said Vasseur.

Formula One F1 – Formula One – Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan – June 3, 2021, Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen ahead of the Grand Prix REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

On Kimi’s future, Fred stated, “I want to keep the team under pressure, I don’t want to take any decision. We will have time to talk about this in the last part of the season.”

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Vasseur also commented on the progress of Raikkonen’s teammate Antonio Giovinazzi. The Italian has been performing better in qualifying than Kimi but on Sundays, Kimi’s experience is too much for Gio.

“He’s improving, the pace is going up, but we always want to get more and I’m always pushing them,” said Vasseur.

Formula One F1 – Portuguese Grand Prix – Algarve International Circuit – Portimao, Portugal – Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi attends a press conference Pool via REUTERS/Gabriel Bouys

“It’s my job. I think one of the issues of Antonio so far was he was far too much into the comparisons with Kimi. Now he’s able to take the lead on some of the decisions and say, ‘okay, I want to do this’. And for him, it was a step.” said Fred.

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