F1 | Arrivabene hopes so: “A victory for Raikkonen? Would be a dream"

It's been a long time since the last one victory di Kimi Raikkonen, maybe too much. They have passed 1639 days – almost four and a half years – since his last victory in Formula 1, in Australian Grand Prix 2013, when he still ran in Lotus. In Finnish he then returned to Ferrari, where he hasn't even won since Belgian GP 2009. Now the renewal says Raikkonen in Red for one more year, for the 2018, We'll see. And what Maranello is missing is a victory for Iceman.

Raikkonen is also thelast Ferrari world champion, from 2007. The objective is naturally to return to victory, and already this year there seemed to be an opportunity to reach this very important goal: "Kimi has shown that he is still capable of winning at Monaco and Hungary it's pretty much been there. We would be very happy if Kimi managed to win a race during this season,” said team boss Maurizio Arrivabene in statements collected byF1i.com.

One of his best performances actually came in Hungary, where the Finnish pilot performed his role perfectly squire and accompanied and helped Sebastian Vettel – with problems with the steering wheel and tire convergence – until the final victory. The teamwork was rewarded with his renewal for 2018. However, Arrivabene hopes to see him on the top step of the podium: “For me, it could be a dream, because he has worked hard for the last three years and I believe that if he were to I would be very happy to win. It would be the right reward for all his efforts,” he concluded.

Fabiola Granier