The gang probably asks what we do next year. I think we can at some point tell what we have decided. I can say that much that the motivation hasn't gone anywhere. Racing interests me as much as it did when I was a kid. Racing is everything!

But now I'm going to keep a short vacation. The season was hard and we knew it already before we started to race when we were so much behind the lead. Fortunately we at least won in Spa. That is the highlight of this season and the only thing that I stays in my mind.

F1 is going through a tough change. The regulations will change again. Let's hope that in the future they will be the same for everyone and in a way so that they can't be understood as you want to.

I'm preparing for the next season like before. First I take in some oxygen and then I'll keep the touch alive. Let's wait and see where we drive. Thank you all fans and mates who have supported me. The fight goes on!

translated from finnish by Nicole at kimiraikkonen.com/forum

Well, my three years with Ferrari are over. I had an opportunity to fulfill one of my dreams and now I’m looking for new challenges. I leave Ferrari with very fond memories and say ciao to everyone at Maranello.

I won the drivers’ world championship and helped the team to two constructors’ in 3 years.

I’ve made many friends in Ferrari and we had a nice time together. This year did not go according to plan, but that’s life. The package was not very competitive yet will still finished in forth place in the constructors’ championship, only one point from the third.

We struggled a lot with the car, but sill we managed to get some good results the highlight being the victory ar Spa. At least the tean showed we could tacle with the problems we had in the beginning of the season.

It was not a great finish for the season. The facilities are second to none at Abu Dhabi. However, there are not too many places to pass which made the racing more of a procession.

We knew before we came here, that it would be very difficult to score any points. There are many corners and we lack overall downforce and grip. The car did not ride the curbs very well so that added to the problems.

There was nothing to do during the race. We started 11th and finished 12th. That tells all of the weekend.

Now everybody can focus on next year like Ferrari have done already many weeks. Is it going to be different? At least, there are not so many changes next year. No refueling and smaller front tyres are the main things.

At the start of the race the cars will feel very difficutl to drive with so much fuel on board, so preserving the tyres will play a part.

Qualifying is now old days where we do not use fuel so that will be more fun.

It’s hard to believe that I have been in F1 already for nine years. I am very motivated to win races and a championship againg and will only remain in F1, if I can race for a team that can gice me a car to fight at the front.

Let’s wait and see what happens.

via KimiRaikkonen.com

Maranello - First of all I want to congratulate Jenson for winning the Championship: I know how he’s felling right now… He had a great start of the season, winning six out of seven races, while the second part was pretty difficult for him. But a Championship is decided by the points you gain as of March and he gained more than anybody else.
This year we didn’t have the possibility to fight for the World Title.
We didn’t have the right performance to fight for the win in every race. As we expected we had a difficult weekend also in Brazil, but without what happened on the first lap I would have been able to gain a place on the podium. We had some problem with graining in Friday’s free practice sessions, but we managed to improve the car’s set up, so that my lap times were competitive in the race. When there’s rain, the qualfying turns into a lottery. We were very fast with the super wets over the weekend and I was always amongst the top three. With the intermediates I lost some grip and it became more difficult for me. I still managed to gain the fifth position on the starting grid, which was a good position for the race. I had a great start, benefitting also from the fact that I had soft tyres, while the others around me were on the hard compound. I had a good exit in corner 3 and I tried to attack Webber, benefitting from the KERS: he suddenly changed his racing line and before I could even think I hit the grass with two wheels and damaged the front wing. In this moment my hopes for a place amongst the top three ended up in smoke.
I came back to the box and we changed the strategy to a race with just one stop. While I was in the pitlane I saw Heikki’s car in front of me with the hose stuck to his car, fuel came out and hit me even in the eyes. I was in a ball of fire for a second: I almost stopped to get out of the car and when it was over my eyes still hurt.
Unfortunately in the first part of the race I was stuck for a long time behind Grosjean: when he stopped I had a free track. All in all the sixth place is a good result, considering what had happened. Although I don’t like the fact that we lost points to McLaren in a race where they started behind us. Now we’re one point behind in the standings: everything can happen in Abu Dhabi and we’ll give it everything to regain the third place.

via Ferrari.com

Maranello - Traditionally the Interlagos circuit has always been favourable to Ferrari and we really hope that this will be true also this year, although we know that it will be difficult. The crucial point will be the aerodynamic downforce, but at the same time it’s important to have a stable car while braking. The last corner is very important, because it leads onto the long uphill straight leading to the main straight: the KERS should help us a lot there.
There’s no doubt that this track is connected to the most wonderful memory of my career. Two years ago I won the Drivers’ title here in Brazil, but I did well many more times, gaining five times a place on the podium. Usually Brazil is the last race on the calendar, but this year we’ve one more, the one in Abu Dhabi. I really like the classic circuits like Spa and Suzuka. Maybe Interlagos is not as technical like the other two, but it’s very demanding nevertheless. We’re driving anti-clockwise, which is not very common and the weather conditions can change in a second.
My goal is to gain a place on the podium, which might not be easy. Every race things are more and more difficult for us, because the other teams continue improving their cars, while we have been using the same car for a couple of months. We have to be perfect and benefit from eventual weak moments of our competitors
I’ll celebrate my 30th birthday on Saturday. A place on the podium would be a great present, but as I just said, also our competitors have to contribute to it somehow. We’ll try to keep the third position in the Constructors’ standings. For my birthday celebrations I’ll wait until I’m back in Europe to celebrate with my friends and my family.

via Ferrari.com

Maranello - I’m glad we’re going to Singapore. It’s a fantastic city, I like the food and I don’t mind that we race in the evening. Furthermore it’s another city circuit and the slower the circuits are this year the better we were, just look at Valencia and Monaco: there’s no reason, why it shouldn’t be the same in Singapore.
I still have a score to settle with this race. Last year, at the end of the race, I drove into a wall, when I was fighting for the fourth position against Glock. I really don’t like that memory. The first night race was great for all of us. Besides some parts of the run-off area the whole track is perfectly illuminated. There’s no difference to daylight. As on all tracks like this overtaking is almost impossible. The KERS will be an advantage, but it won’t make the difference like it did in Spa or in Monza.
If it’s true that the F60 is more competitive on slow tracks, than it’s also true that the other teams will show up with improvements; that’s why it will be more difficult for us. We have to try to use the package we have the best way possible and we need to find the best set up. If we attain perfection than we can fight for a place on the podium. This is our goal. We gained a place on the podium five times in a row and as of the race at the Nürburgring I gained the same number of points as the leaders in the standings. Let’s hope we can proceed like this until the end of the season. It would be great keeping the third place in the Constructors’ Championship, but it will be very difficult, too. Over the last four Grands Prix we had only one car in the points, but now we also need the second car’s contribution. I’m sure that thanks to his experience Giancarlo can make it.
I think that out of the four remaining races the one in Singapore suits Ferrari the best. If we want to win we need to be more than perfect and need a little bit of luck. But after the win in Spa it would be fantastic to have this feeling once again.

via Ferrari.com

These are very intense weeks: after the two consecutive races in Valencia and Spa now there is Monza on the calendar, this year's last race in Europe. In Belgium we won and we want to go on like this in the last races, trying to stay on the podium. It's one of the most important GPs of the year, because we race in front of our fans and it would be great to give them satisfaction.

The success at Spa was very important for the team: I could see the guys in front of the podium and understood how much this victory meant for them, especially in such a difficult season. It was great for me to listen to the Finnish and the Italian national anthems after such a long time. And it would be excellent to repeat it until the end of the season. Racing in Monza in front of our fans with all the Prancing Horse flags in the wind is a fantastic feeling. I've never won a race in Italy, but I always liked racing at Monza. For me there's no extra pressure, but I know how much the team wants to have a great race here.

The track is the fastest of the season and the KERS should help us just like in Spa. You need to use the kerbs well and this wasn't the strong point of our cars over the last years. We'll see what will happen as of Friday. We didn't do the usual test on the track so it's difficult to say because the cars haven't used this aerodynamic set up so far. I'll have a new teammate, Giancarlo Fisichella. I always got along very well with him. He's one of the most expert drivers and we will give our best to help Ferrari keep the third place in the Constructors' Championship. The performance levels changed from one race to the next this year.

There are team like us who stopped developing the car and others making pressure, because there are still several goals to reach. Looking back I'm happy because I'm the driver who gained the most points over the last races (25): who would have said that after such a start of the season?

It will be a difficult weekend, but I can promise the fans that we will give our best as usual.