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Raikkonen deserves 2017 seat say his former engineers
Kimi Raikkonen's former race engineers all say the Finn deserves to have kept his Ferrari seat for 2017. With younger chargers like Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Nico Hulkenberg and Carlos Sainz all pushing to step up, many were surprised when the Maranello team elected to keep Raikkonen, who in two months will turn 37. But Mark Slade, who worked with Raikkonen at McLaren and Lotus, told Turun Sanomat newspaper: 'No, it (the 2017 deal) wasn't a massive surprise. 'Kimi seems to be in a good situation with Sebastian Vettel, and I believe that a happy atmosphere will help Ferrari to perform. 'Whenever you look to change driver, you need to be sure you're getting something better,' he added....
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