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Kimi has Alfa agreement, ‘doesn't read contracts'

Kimi Raikkonen has an 'agreement' to race for Alfa Romeo because he 'doesn't read contracts' says Alfa Romeo team manager Beat Zehnder. Raikkonen moved from Ferrari to Alfa Romeo ahead of the 2019 season, agreeing to join the former Sauber team for a two-year period. But while the story about the Finn walking down to Alfa Romeo after learning of his Ferrari axing is well known, Zehnder says talks actually began in 2017. 'I was working on that for quite a long time,' he told Autosport. 'When he finished third at Silverstone in 2017 with Ferrari, he gave me a ride back in the private plane. Then we started talking about his future. 'I said: ‘Listen, if you don't want to drive for...
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