After his successful debut at the Arctic Lapland Rally in late January Kimi Räikkönen has apparently infected himself with the Rally virus. He already will start again at an event in just one week.

Kimi's participation at the SM Vaakuna Rally on 20th and 21st February has been officially confirmed yesterday. Like at the Arctic Lapland Rally Kimi will sit behind the wheel of a Fiat Grande Punto S2000 together with his co-driver Kaj Lindström.

According to Kaj Lindström, the renewed participation at a rally event is no coincidence. Kimi has purchased the Fiat Grande Punto. And the price of the car was simply too high to use it just for one race. Even before his adventure at the Arctic Lapland Rally it was Kimi's plan to start on several rallies, if it is allowed by his diary.

Nevertheless, the rally sport remains a hobby of Kimi. His aim is to provide a clean an good race and to gain some new experiences. The re-attendance at a rally was also supported by the late start of the new Formula One season Formula 1 at the end of March.

Prior to the start of his second rally event, Kimi will have an extensive test with the new Ferrari F60 in Bahrain. He is scheduled to test the car on 12th and 13th of February as well as on the 16th and 17th of February.

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