We had all guessed it after the Mercedes purchase of Brawn, but it has now been confirmed that Kimi Raikkonen will leave F1 and not partake in the 2010 season after negotiations with McLaren were over and unsuccessful with Jenson Button still looking like a good bet for the drive at the British team.
The man who announced that he will leave the sport is one of Raikkonen’s management team Steve Robertson, who told Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat.
Robertson also said that Raikkonen will do some rallying next year and may race in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
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[...] this sensational story turned out to be true, it would be a complete backtrack by Raikkonen and his management team, who yesterday said that the Finn would not be in F1 next season, and that he would do rallying and [...]