UPDATE 2007 F1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen reveals that his options are entirely open as to what the future might hold. Kimi Raikkonen has joked that he could race in the North American NASCAR series in 2010 should he so desire – as he remained adamant that he still has 'no plans' beyond the end of the current F1 season. The 2007 world champion is being dropped by Ferrari – for whom he has driven since that title-winning campaign – at the end of the year in favor of Fernando Alonso, the man Raikkonen beat by just a single point two years ago. However, Raikkonen insists he has yet to make any decisions regarding next season, when it has similarly been suggested that he might further indulge his nascent forays into rallying by way of a more full-time switch, or even follow in the wheel tracks of fellow former grand prix stars Jacques Villeneuve and Juan-Pablo Montoya by heading across the Pond to NASCAR, a mooted destination for 'Singapore-gate' protagonist Nelsinho Piquet too. "I have no plans," Raikkonen is quoted as having said by The Associated Press, almost two years to the day to when he claimed his first and thus far only F1 title at Interlagos. "I do what I want with my life. I could race there (in NASCAR) if I wanted, but I'm not one of the biggest fans of NASCAR."
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10/16/09 (GMM) Kimi Raikkonen has refused even to rule out a switch to America's premier NASCAR racing categories in 2010.
The Finn, nicknamed the 'Iceman', is playing a cool hand after ending his contract for next year with Ferrari, with McLaren and Toyota his most likely destinations if he stays in formula one.
But Raikkonen, who turns 30 on Saturday, is also an avid rallying fan, and was asked by Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport at Interlagos if a switch to the USA is another option.
He answered this his future is "wide open", but elsewhere in the paddock of the Brazilian GP venue played down the NASCAR link.
"I could race there if I wanted, but I'm not one of the biggest fans of NASCAR," Raikkonen told reporters.
Also in Gazzetta, Kimi's current Ferrari teammate Giancarlo Fisichella, to be the Italian team's reserve driver next year, revealed that he has not yet been approached for a F1 race seat in 2010.
"But the teams all know that in theory I am available to race," he said.
