Raikkonen waits on restart decision

Raikkonen waits on restart decision

By Charlie Contadeli

Kimi Raikkonen’s hopes of restarting Rally Bulgaria hang in the balance following his roll on the fourth stage of the all-asphalt event.

The ex-Formula One world champion was in fourth overall when he went off the road less than eight kilometres from the end of the 27.57-kilometre Belmeken Lake stage.

Although initial reports suggested the Finn would be able to restart on day two, his Citroen Junior Team have said a full inspection of his Citroen C4 will be required before he gets the all-clear to return to action on Saturday morning.

Citroen Junior Team manager Benoit Nogier commented: “We will look at the car when it is back and see if we can re-start under SupeRally tomorrow. That is certainly our hope, but we can only assess this once we see the car properly. ”

Of Raikkonen’s accident, Citroen Racing boss Olivier Quesnel, said: “I think Kimi maybe was too fast because he had the same split times as Seb [Loeb] and Dani [Sordo]. But I hope he can be okay to come back tomorrow and learn some more.”

Raikkonen’s service is due to be brought back to the service park in Dolna Banya at 2030hrs local time.

Fonte: maxrally.com/Dica: Claudie

É, só nos resta esperar!!!

Beijinhos, Ice-Ludy