News Details

Zehnder: Raikkonen drives without instructions

Alfa Romeo, formerly Sauber, is more than impressed with Kimi Raikkonen, the veteran Formula 1 driver who was dropped from Ferrari at the end of last season and found refuge with the Swiss team. Raikkonen actually started his F1 career at Sauber as a controversially-inexperienced 21-year-old, with Beat Zehnder as the team manager. Zehnder is still at Hinwil, and he told Auto Motor und Sport he is now even more impressed with Raikkonen after his 21 wins and the 2007 title. 'Kimi drives without instructions,' Zehnder enthused. Indeed, Raikkonen is famous for once telling his Lotus engineer over the radio: 'Leave me alone, I know what I'm doing.' Alfa Romeo is even somewhat of a one-driver...
Full Story »
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Kimi Raikkonen: Alfa Romeo maximised potential for...

Kimi Raikkonen believes Alfa Romeo extracted the most it could from its...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Bottas: I have the feeling that everything will be...

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas says he is not worried that his Formula 1...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

F1 chance after two-year racing absence 'not easy' -...

Antonio Giovinazzi has stressed that his performance level is improving,...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

McLaren aiming to beat Pierre Gasly in F1 world...

Andreas Seidl has set a clear goal for his McLaren team when Formula 1...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Chip Ganassi Racing lands new sponsor for Kyffin...

Chip Ganassi Racing has announced a new sponsor for the team’s #8 entry...

IndyCar announces independent officiating system

The NTT IndyCar Series announced on Thursday that it will implement a new...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Yohan Rossel and Nikolay Gryazin spearhead Lancia’s...

Team Lancia Corse HF has announced the 2025 WRC2 championship runners-up...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Another defensive injury increases January transfer...

Morning all. It's a bit mad to think that after spending so much during...
2h ago from Arseblog.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 671 – 15.12.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
21h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Norris overlooked as Brundle reveals his standout driver of...

Lando Norris may have ended the season as Formula... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

Portuguese GP to return to F1 calendar in 2027

Portugal will return to the F1 calendar in 2027... Read More »
44m ago from BBC.co.uk

Portugal to return to F1 calendar in 2027 and 2028

Portugal will return to the Formula 1 calendar in... Read More »
54m ago from SkySports.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.