CRASH-CRAZY Kimi Raikkonen took a trip to Lapland last week to prepare for the Swedish Rally but smashed into a tree during his first outing in the Redbull Citroen.

Dani Sordo and Marc Marti won every stage of the Arctic Lapland Rally, while Kimi Räikkönen and Kaj Lindström struggled to get to grips with the Citroën C4 WRC.


With Rally Sweden just two weeks away, the team were able to fit in some useful practice by entering two C4 WRCs. With World Rally Cars not allowed on the Finnish Championship, a special category was set up by the organisers.


After his first rally at the wheel of a WRC machine Kimi Räikkönen said: "Things didn't exactly get off to the best start as we went off the road during the second stage, but luckily there was no mechanical damage and I was able to continue in the rally. From there it got a lot better for me and we were much more consistent. We put a few more kilometres under our belt, which was vital to help us continue learning the C4 WRC. As well as being pleased by our performances I was also pleased by the way we were able to work with the team. We developed our set-up in the right direction and now we are going to continue our work in order to arrive in Sweden in the strongest possible position."

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