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Kévin Trotin
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Kévin Trotin
Congratulation Sebastien Loeb !
Well said, i think you made a very good point there why Kimi will love WRC.You all know how Kimi doesn't like the media.
I like the romantic argument but I believe the reasons are same as usual in professional sportsmen.
Citroen has announced that Kimi Raikkonen will join its World Rally Championship line-up in a Red Bull-backed Citroen Junior Team car, as predicted by AUTOSPORT.
The 2007 Formula 1 world champion will be joined in the Red Bull Citroen squad by former Junior WRC champion Sebastien Ogier, who completed an impressive WRC rookie season with the squad last year.
Raikkonen made his top flight rallying debut in an S2000 Abarth at his home round of the WRC in Finland earlier this year, earning the respect of the series regulars for the speed with which he adapted to driving on the stages. He has hinted for many years that he was keen to pursue a career in rallying after F1, and when he announced last month that he would take a sabbatical following the breakdown of his talks with McLaren, the WRC was seen as his most likely destination.
The first rally Kimi will drive is The Arctic Lappland Rally Finland in January which should prepare him for the first WRC season race Rally Sweden. There's also rumours that Marcus Gronholm will drive Rally Sweden so we'll see the greatest lineup in many years in WRC. :woot2:
Marcus Gronholm has confirmed he will tackle next year's Rally Sweden in a Ford Focus RS WRC - and says he will be gunning for another victory on the Kalrstad-based event.
The Finn, who retired at the end of the 2007 season, will drive in Team Therminator, alongside countryman Matthias Therman. Gronholm will be co-driven, as usual, by Timo Rautiainen.