Eric Boullier revealed that he personally contacted Kimi Räikkönen before starting the contract negotiations.

Negotiations started after Boullier called Räikkönen.

- I called Kimi. We didn't need any managers for that and nobody in our team even knew about it, Boullier told to Auto Motor und Sport.

- I felt very quickly that F1 is once again his priority, Boullier continued.

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