Any move would have to be on equal statusKimi Raikkonen has rubbished reports that, when speaking recently to a Finnish newspaper, he hinted at a Ferrari switch. The McLaren driver had reportedly said: “I am not a Ferrari driver - not yet.”
In Bahrain for the first race of 2006, however, Raikkonen explained that the journalist in question had taken a liberty.
“I never said `not yet`,” the 26-year-old Finn protested. “What I said was that I drive for McLaren and I do not have a Ferrari contract. I didn`t say `not yet`.”
Raikkonen also hinted that he would not join Ferrari if number one driver Michael Schumacher is still around.
“Wherever I want to go, I want to be fairly treated.
I would not go somewhere that wouldn`t give me the same package as my team-mate.”
But Ferrari chief Jean Todt indicated that he was still keen on the ice-cool, blonde haired Finn.
Asked whether he would want to sign Raikkonen up, the Frenchman told Gazzetta dello Sport: “If Ferrari needed him and found him available, the answer is yes.”
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