Kimi Raikkonen laid down the law with Alfa Romeo over his off-track activities, claiming he’d leave if they complained.
There has been some talk about drivers and what they do between races with Lewis Hamilton known for his hectic travelling and adventure-seeking whether it be superbike track days or sky diving.
The 2007 world champion is also known to enjoy rallying and other sports in his spare time and while that might worry his team, he doesn’t care.
“I haven’t read my contract because it’s worth zero as far as I’m concerned,” PlanetF1 quoted him as telling Hungarian media.
“When we first talked to Alfa Romeo-Sauber, I told them that if they complain about anything, if they whine, I’m not here anymore!
“There are many dangerous things in life. Of course, one always tries to be careful, but it is enough to talk about the problem if it happened.”
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Looking forward, Raikkonen is currently signed until the end of 2020 at the Swiss-based team and like everyone, he is watching the ongoing talks ahead of a planned overhaul in 2021.
“One way or another, everyone has an opinion on the rules, but I don’t know how much of that they take it into account,” he said.
“I know that drivers want to influence the new rules through the GPDA and if they ask me, I will tell them what I think. We’ll see!”
When he joined Alfa Romeo, there was talk that potentially that a future role within the management and business side as part of the deal, but Kimi quickly ruled that out.
“God forbid, it’s not for me! Liberty has more politics than most countries,” he joked.
