That is the view of Jari-Matti Latvala, a former world rally driver who this year took over as team boss of Toyota’s works world rally team. “I believe Kimi would still be able to drive rallies,” Raikkonen’s fellow Finn told Ilta Sanomat newspaper. When Raikkonen left F1 for the first time at the end of 2009, he tried his hand at rally’s highest category – the world championship. “It would be great to get Kimi back to rally,” he answered. “It would bring huge added value to the entire world championship series. “In that case, the best thing would be for Kimi to be with us. “I want him to be our team’s world championship driver,” he admitted.

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