ADAC Rally Deutschland is a rally that takes place on tarmac but also on concrete, again, a new surface for Raikkonen. However, the German rally meant one of the high points in the Finn’s rallying career. He won his first WRC-stage on the streets of Trier. It was a short super special stage, the kind of stage he can memorize easily and, therefore, not depend on the pacenotes. Moreover, the stage also took place on clean tarmac which also helped Raikkonen. In this rally, it is also remarkable the good results the 2007 F1 world champion achieved in the famous Panzerplatte stage: a mamouth 48-kilometres-long stage that runs along a road whose sides are marked by the dreadful “Hinkelsteine”, sharp rocks that are placed to help tanks stay on the road and that have caused some very spectacular accidents in the past. Raikkonen obtained the 8^th best time the first time through the Panzerplatte and the 6^th best time the second time through. After being involved in a couple of little dramas during the rally, Raikkonen finished in 7^thposition, 8 minutes and 50.5 seconds and 1.31 seconds per kilometre behind Loeb.

Following Germany, the Finn went through a very bad patch. He crashed out during Rally Japan and Rallye de France. And he couldn’t even start Rally Spain. The Iceman rolled his car during shakedown and damaged the roll cage which automatically meant he was not allowed to start the rally. The only positive point during this time was when he won Rallye du Vosgien, a national French rally he entered to prepare for Rallye de France.

After hitting a low point in Spain, only the last rally of the season was left, and that was Wales Rally GB. This rally takes place mostly on mud, a very slippery and tricky surface on which Raikkonen had almost no experience and which, he admits, he does not read very well: he cannot predict the amount of grip he is going to find at each corner. Nevertheless, he drove to the end of the rally with a steady pace – 1.82 seconds per kilometre off the pace of the rally winner – and was not involved in any kind of incident. He was rewarded with four points for his finish in 8th position, 10 minutes 27.9 seconds behind the winner, Sebastien Loeb.

Raikkonen finished the championship with 25 points in 10th position.