The inimitable Kimi Raikkonen says Ferrari dropped him for 2019 during the previous race weekend at Monza and insists he has taken the best possible decision to join a smaller team like Sauber in the twilight of his illustrious career.
Ferrari dropped him for rookie Charles Leclerc, who will be joining Sebastian Vettel at the Italian outfit next year.
"Why not," said Raikkonen ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix when asked if it was his decision to go back to Sauber, a team with which he made his debut back in 2001.
A barrage of questions were expected to be directed at Raikkonen following the announcement of his switch to Sauber earlier this week. And as always, the 2007 champion was a man of few words.
Asked whether he is happy to race for Sauber, the Finn said: "No I am not. Just by pure head games for you guys I happened to sign there for two years and not be happy, yeah."
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