Raikkonen to mark IRC debut on Monte Carlo?

2007 F1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen could take part in January’s Rallye Monte Carlo, if speculation proves correct.

Rumours suggest the ‘The Iceman’ could drive a Peugeot 207 S2000, prepared by the same team who prepared his old Citroen C4 WRC for this year’s WRC season, PH Sport.

Raikkonen has competed on snow, ice and tarmac during this year’s season, but not at the same time. Monte Carlo would front a completely new challenge for the Finn, who crashed, but did finish 29^th, on his WRC snow debut and crashed, but finished 10^th, on his WRC tarmac debut in Sweden and Bulgaria, respectively.

He also has no competitive experience of the IRC before, but has prior experience of the S2000-spec cars, to which series is run to. He did make an appearance at the IRC event Rallye International du Valais, where he went to visit his friend, and former Abarth works driver, Anton Alén.

“Actually I don’t have any plans fixed for next year yet but I would like to stay in rallying. Of course Monte Carlo is a really classic event for any rally driver but there’s nothing sorted.” Raikkonen said.