Kimi Raikkonen has wished his new team-mate Luca Badoer good luck ahead of his first grand prix as a Ferrari driver.

Badoer, who last competed in a grand prix back in 1999, is making his return to F1 racing at this weekend's European GP, replacing the injured Felipe Massa.

"I'll have a new team-mate at Valencia. Instead of Felipe - and I want to wish him all the best for a speedy recovery again - there will be Luca Badoer," Raikkonen said.

"He has been the official Scuderia test driver for many years, and I'm glad that he finally got the chance to race a Ferrari. I really wish him good luck and I'm sure that we'll work well together."

As for his own European race, Raikkonen is hoping to continue with the form that carried him to the podium in Hungary where he finished behind Ferrari's old nemesis, McLaren, and helped the Scuderia to leapfrog Toyota for third place in the teams' battle.

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