The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend will mark Kimi Raikkonen’s last race with Ferrari. The Iceman won his world championship with Ferrari in 2007 and helped Ferrari win the 2008 Constructors’ Championship. Fernando Alonso will replace Raikkonen at Ferrari after Raikkonen’s contract was terminated one year ahead of schedule.

Ahead of the final race this weekend, Raikkonen said on his Ferrari blog,

“The race in Abu Dhabi will be my last Grand Prix with Ferrari and, as usual, I will give it everything to gain the best possible result.

It’s time for me to say goodbye to the guys at Ferrari after three years together. I’m proud of the things we have achieved, especially the Drivers’ title in 2007 and the Constructors’ title in the same year and in 2008.”

Raikkonen is hoping to finish his Ferrari career on a positive note by helping Ferrari achieve third place in the Constructors’ Championship.

“We’ll try to conclude this difficult year with a good result, hoping that it will be enough to gain the third place in the Constructors’ Championship, McLaren took over in Brazil. It will be difficult, because the competition is very strong. Furthermore in Brazil the two Titles have been assigned, so maybe there are certain drivers, who will risk a little bit more, as everything has been decided already. Our direct competitors are still improving their car, while we have been using the same car since the race in Hungary at the end of July.”

This season the car hasn’t been as competitive as we wanted but at least we managed to win one race and gain a certain amount of points – let’s hope we can conclude the season with something nice to be remembered!”

Raikkonen has yet to sign with a team but rumours have him linked with McLaren for a 2010 race seat.