Kimi Raikkonen has set his sights on a hat-trick of podium finishes this weekend despite Ferrari's focus now firmly on 2010.
Kimi Raikkonen has set his sights on a hat-trick of podium finishes this weekend despite Ferrari's focus now firmly on 2010.
With both Formula One world titles out of reach, Ferrari opted to stop development on the current car and pour their resources into next year's model.
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Red hot! Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen. pic/getty images |
The hope is that by making an early start, unlike last season when Felipe Massa fought for the championship through to the final bend of the last race, Ferrari will return to the front again.
But that has not prevented Raikkonen from upholding Ferrari's honour in the last two GPsu00a0- finishing second and third in Hungary and Valencia respectively.
The Finn now heads to Spa this weekend for the Belgian GP where last season he crashed out in a last-lap duel with Lewis Hamilton. "With the points we gained (in Valencia) we are still ahead of McLaren in the constructors' championship," said Raikkonen.
"This is our goal as a team, although it will be very difficult to reach, considering we stopped developing this car to concentrate on the one for the upcoming season.
The goal is to maintain our standard of the last few races which means we have to try to get on the podium again. We started the European GP from sixth on the starting grid and we managed to gain another place on the podium.
"I've always loved racing at Spa were I've won many times since I started my career in smaller racing series."
