Mika Salo has admitted to surprise that Kimi Raikkonen will keep his longest-ever Formula 1 career alive into yet another season in 2021. “I was pretty surprised, I don’t deny it,” Salo smiled to Ilta Sanomat newspaper. He also has a big market value for Formula 1, so with Alonso coming back it’s good that there is this mix of older big names with the juniors,” said Salo. Finally, Salo thinks Alfa Romeo is even making good progress with its chassis. “When Ferrari gets a few upgrades on the engine side, then Alfa Romeo’s car actually seems to work better than Ferrari’s. It could be a good season coming up for them next year,” he said.

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