Raikkonen vows to finish career with Ferrari

Finnish racing driver Kimi Raikkonen, whose future at Ferrari has been the subject of much speculation with talk of him leaving the sport, has said that he is only concentrating on finishing his career with the Italian company.

Raikkonen, who is set to become a father early next year, said that he is not a young guy anymore so obviously he wants to do something more in his life than just Formula One.

But, Raikkonen said that he has no plans, and he will finish his career at Ferrari, adding that they will see in the future, CNN reported.

Ferrari is enduring a difficult time with the team having failed to win a drivers' title since Raikkonen triumphed in 2007, while it currently trails Mercedes by 292 points in the constructors' championship.

Two years after becoming world champion, Raikkonen quit the sport after being pushed out of the team following Fernando Alonso's arrival.

He spent two years trying his hand at rallying before returning to the sport with Lotus in 2011. It was during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July that rumors of Raikkonen's impending retirement began to surface.

But Raikkonen, who began his Formula One career with Sauber in 2001, said that suggestions he is planning to leave the sport before his deal expires in 2015 are wide of the mark.

Raikkonen said that he never said that he was ready to quit the sport, adding that the only thing that he said was that he would finish his Formula One career in Ferrari, then people came up with 'it's end of this year, it's now, it's then'.

Raikkonen said that with newspapers they just try to make rumors, wanting to be the guy that writes something up, adding that it's just rumors.