Kimi Raikkonen’s former boss has suggested that the Finn might be an even quicker driver if he was more interested in technical matters.
It is often suggested in F1 circles that the 27-year-old, uncooperative with the media and solely relying on the engineers to perfect his car, is only interested in actually driving.
Many believe that Raikkonen’s excessively cool approach may be contributing to his current struggle to keep up with his Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa.
“His strengths are definitely not on the technical side,” Peter Sauber, who brought Raikkonen into formula one as a rookie in 2001, said in an interview with Auto Bild.
“Kimi is unbelievably fast, focused and powerful. He has a huge amount of natural talent.
“I would not call his lack of technical interest a weakness. But you could say this: It would be interesting to see how good he could be if he concerned himself with the technology-side as well.”
