As per the latest resources, Sebastian Vettel is unquestionably staying for 2017, however the team need to choose whether to keep the 2007 best on the planet Kimi Raikkonen, whose agreement closes this year.
This is a prime seat. It’s not a Mercedes, but rather it is the following best thing right now. Furthermore, Ferrari have their own particular uncommon draw.
As I would see it, Ferrari ought to take a gander at a change. Truth be told, I think they ought to have done as such a year ago. I can see why they didn’t given the new administration and specialized structure was all the while bedding in, yet things have settled down now and they need to manufacture towards what’s to come.
In any case, Raikkonen, who turns 37 in October, is not what’s to come. He is a previous best on the planet, yet his best exhibitions are before.
The last driver to win the world title with Ferrari, the Finn’s structure has been faulty since he rejoined the team in 2014. He was thoroughly out-paced by Fernando Alonso that year – and by Vettel when the four-time best on the planet touched base in 2015.
Raikkonen has enhanced this season, however has he done what’s needed? I continue looking to the Spanish Grand Prix, where he was second behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. He never sufficiently connected weight when he had the opportunity to pursue the Dutchman down, not once demonstrating his nose to Verstappen.
Actually, the inquiry is not whether Raikkonen is adequate to keep his place at Ferrari – it’s whether there is somebody better.
Loads of drivers have been connected with them in the course of the most recent couple of years. Among them was Nico Hulkenberg, who was on Ferrari’s rundown when they re-marked Raikkonen for 2014. Actually, I comprehend 28-year-old Hulkenberg got as close as marking a Ferrari contract – it simply wasn’t marked by Ferrari.
Be that as it may, the German has been outshone by Force India team-mate Sergio Perez this year, particularly in the last few races. Mexican Perez, 26, was a Ferrari youthful driver in the no so distant past and has the support of very rich person Carlos Slim Jr, who is on the leading body of tobacco monster Philip Morris, the team’s greatest patron.
Williams driver Valtteri Bottas has likewise been connected to Ferrari, yet, as with Hulkenberg, is not a convincing hopeful right at this point. At that point there is Romain Grosjean, who moved to the new Ferrari-sponsored Haas team this season with the trust of getting on to the Italian team’s radar.
