The Ferrari team has announced that it has re-signed Kimi Raikkonen for the 2017 season.
Raikkonen first joined the Italian team in 2007 when he went on to win his debut race with the squad in Australia. At end of the 2007 season the Finn clinched the driver’s world title for the team. The title triumph was the first since Michael Schumacher’s last in 2004 and Raikkonen currently stands as the last Ferrari driver to have won a title.
“Scuderia Ferrari announces that it has renewed its technical and racing agreement with Kimi Raikkonen,” said Ferrari. “The driver line-up for the 2017 racing season will still consist of the Finnish driver and Sebastian Vettel.”
Raikkonen is currently level on 96 points with teammate Sebastian Vettel in the driver’s championship.