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Raikkonen unhappy with too short winter break

Formula 1 veteran Kimi Raikkonen has criticised the ever shorter off-season winter break. With the 2015 championship concluding with a post-race test, a record 21 races on the 2016 schedule and Pirelli testing to resume in January, the Ferrari driver said: 'In my opinion, this is a bit ridiculous. 'The break should have been longer, but it seems to get shorter all the time,' Raikkonen is quoted by the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat. 'Like any other people who work all year, we all also like to relax so my vacation will last about a month,' Raikkonen, 36, added. Official testing does not resume until late February next year, but Pirelli has been given permission to test tyres at the end...
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