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Kimi
Raikkonen has not ruled out retiring from Formula One when his
current contract expires at the end of the 2009 season. The Finn
has one more year of his Ferrari contract to run but he admits he
has not yet decided what he plans to do next.
"There
has been rumours like that many years," Raikkonen, 28, said
of talks about his retirement after 2009. "I always say I
have a contract until the end of next year. I haven't made any
decision if I'm going to keep going or not. That is the last
contract I have and we will see what happens this year and next
year."
He
added: "I wouldn't stop if I felt I would miss it afterwards.
For sure I would find something else to do and maybe that I would
enjoy more. I don't know what is going to happen after next year,
I haven't made my mind up. Who knows maybe I make my decision this
year. I think I will race as long as I enjoy it, it is the right
thing for me. It could be in four years' time. It is too early to
say," the Ferrari driver told a news conference in Montreal
ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix.
Raikkonen
admitted there are things in Formula One that he is not enjoying
and said he will taken them into account when deciding on his
future.
"I
like the racing and the other stuff is not always the best thing,"
he said. "Everyone in F1 is here because they love racing and
driving, but when there are too many things that you don't enjoy
or too many things you don't want it is time to go away. It can be
anything. When you find something you don't want to do or don't
enjoy... If there are things like that or don't work out anymore.
There can be many things apart from racing, then probably it is
the best time to go away."
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