Kimi Räikkönen’s No-Good, Very Bad Week Ends on Lap 1 of Abu Dhabi GP

Looking back on Kimi Räikkönen's Formula One career, it is hard to think of a worse week than the one that just ended with a broken front suspension at Turn 1 of the first lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.   Of course, Räikkönen has been at odds with his team, Lotus, all season, particularly over his pay. In August, reports emerged that Lotus had been unable to pay their star driver's salary. Although the team hoped to retain Räikkönen for the 2014 season, the Finn was linked to an open seat at Red Bull when Mark Webber announced his retirement. Ultimately, he signed with Ferrari, with whom he won the 2007 World Drivers' Championship, saying at a press conference before the Singapore Grand Prix that "the re...

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