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  • Raikkonen undergoes successful back surgery

    Raikkonen undergoes successful back surgery

    Kimi Raikkonen has undergone successful back surgery according to the Lotus F1 Team.

    The team released a statement with regard to Raikkonen’s surgery a short while ago. The statement read as follows:

    “As planned, Kimi Räikkönen underwent back surgery yesterday at The University Hospital of Strasbourg.Lotus F1 Team is happy to report that the operation was totally successful, according to Professor Afshin Gangi….Kimi will now rest for a few days & he will start his recovery process as early as next week…Everyone at the track and at Enstone wishes him a quick recovery.”

    BZH1nfEIMAEAYSuThe Finn’s manager, Steve Robertson, confirmed last week that Raikkonen would undergo back surgery and, as a result, miss the final two races of the 2013 season. Lotus have signed the services of Heikki Kovalainen for the remainder of the season.

    The team, famous for the Twitter hashtags kept the Finn in mind as he starts his recovery process.

    Photo credit: @LotusF1Team

     

     

  • Raikkonen to miss final two races of 2013

    Raikkonen to miss final two races of 2013

    Kimi Raikkonen will miss the final two races of the 2013 season.

    The Finn’s manager, Steve Robertson, confirmed that the Lotus driver will undergo back surgery on Thursday and will need a four week recovery period. “In an ideal world it would have been nice to finish the season with Lotus in the final two grands prix. However, due to the severe pain that Kimi is having, sadly it is not possible,” said Robertson.

    Raikkonen suffered with back issues which nearly ruled him out of racing during the Singapore grand prix weekend. If Raikkonen had opted to delay the surgery it could have impacted the start of his 2014 season. It is unclear at this stage who Lotus will opt to fill Raikkonen’s seat in Austin and Brazil. However, it is most likely to promote test and development driver Davide Valsecchi.

    Raikkonen is currently third overall in the driver’s championship with 183 points. His final race for Lotus ended in retirement in the first lap of the Abu Dhabi GP after a collision with Giedo van der Garde’s Caterham.