Kimi Räikkönen doesn't enjoy the wintry conditions at least not behind a rally car.- I have driven the most in snow with a rally car but in my opinion snow is the most difficult surface. There you have to be pretty accurately on the clean driving lane because otherwise there will be a lot of action. On snow it is the most difficult to do notes and keep the car on the road, Räikkönen admits to MTV3.
In Arctic-rally, which is driven in Rovaniemi's snowy roads on Friday and Thursday, Räikkönen's WRC-car has wider tires than the N-group's drivers', which makes Räikkönen's job difficult since the WRC-tires won't fit the narrow lanes properly at the special stage that is driven for the second time.
The WRC-series start at the middle of February at Sweden's snow but Räikkönen is waiting to get to other surfaces already.
- I have driven one rally on sand and I've tested there somewhat. On tarmac and sand you can search for driving lanes a little bit. Tarmac is certainly natural for me. There you can read [the road] with your eyes more.
In WRC the tarmac-rallies are placed on the second half of the season.
- Fortunately there is a couple of races driven before the tarmac-rallies come. If we would have learnt something before that, Kimi says.
Source: MTV3
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