Fellow former Ferrari race winner Jean Alesi is impressed with what Kimi Raikkonen has achieved so far in rallying.
The Finn is currently driving full-time in the world rally championship with Citroën in the Junior team.
"Imagine what it means for a driver to start anew in a discipline the exact opposite of what he has always done. For that, for his courage to challenge himself in such a way, I admire him," explains the french driver.
Italy's Autosprint magazine reports that majority Renault team owner Gerard Lopez wants to replace Vitaly Petrov with Kimi Raikkonen for 2011, to be the highly rated Pole Robert Kubica's new teammate.
The Finn is currently driving full-time in the world rally championship with Citroën in the Junior team.
"Imagine what it means for a driver to start anew in a discipline the exact opposite of what he has always done. For that, for his courage to challenge himself in such a way, I admire him," explains the french driver.
Italy's Autosprint magazine reports that majority Renault team owner Gerard Lopez wants to replace Vitaly Petrov with Kimi Raikkonen for 2011, to be the highly rated Pole Robert Kubica's new teammate.
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