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Kimi
Raikkonen has hit back at claims he has lost the will to win. Amid
rising speculation that the Ferrari driver plans to retire at the
end of his current contract - which expires at the end of next
season - it is suggested a loss of motivation is at the core of
his current performance slump.
Raikkonen
told Germany's Bild newspaper his target is still success in
Formula One. "I am still the same guy," he is quoted as
saying. "If I am in a race, then I want to win it,"
Raikkonen insisted. "It is never great fun to be fifth or
sixth - even third place doesn't feel so great to me anymore. I
only want to win."
Despite
his aloof exterior, Raikkonen says those who believe he is now
happy to rest on his 2007 laurels are wrong.
"Of
course I want more," he said. "Whoever thinks I am
content or tired are completely wrong. If we do not get both
championship titles at the end of the season, then we will be
disappointed," Raikkonen explained.
Raikkonen
lies second in the 2008 drivers' standings; three points ahead of
team-mate Felipe Massa, and five behind McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
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