| If he has to, Kimi will help Felipe - Domenicali |
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Aug.28 (GMM) Reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen will if required
support his teammate Felipe Massa's charge for the 2008 title, Ferrari
boss Stefano Domenicali insists. Amid the Finn's current performance trough, many observers believe the
time has come for the Italian team to relegate 28-year-old Raikkonen
into a support role for a newly appointed 'number one' Massa. "If he has to, Kimi will help Felipe, as we said at the beginning of the year," Domenicali said in interview with Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport. "But, first, let's see how things evolve," he added. Massa, 6 points behind drivers' championship leader Lewis Hamilton, is 7 points ahead of Raikkonen with six races left to run. With his favourite circuit looming, however, Raikkonen has not given up on defending his crown. "One third of the season is still left and it's enough to fight back," said the Finn, who will test at Monza on Friday. After the Monza test, F1 moves on to the Belgian grand prix, staged at the famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit, where Raikkonen has won on his last three visits. "I love that circuit and, obviously, I would love to race there for the whole year long. "Hopefully we finally get the car working the way I want," he said.
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| Bahrain GP - Sakhir | |||
| Friday practice 1 | 07.00 | ||
| Friday practice 2 | 11.00 | ||
| Saturday practice | 08.00 | ||
| Qualifying | 11.00 | ||
| Race | 12.00 |
| Race | Grand Prix | Date |
| 1 | Bahrain GP | 14 March |
| 2 | Australian GP | 28 March |
| 3 | Malaysian GP | 4 April |
| 4 | Chinese GP | 18 April |
| 5 | Spanish GP | 9 May |
| 6 | Monaco GP | 16 May |
| 7 | Turkish GP | 30 May |
| 8 | Canadian GP | 13 June |
| 9 | European GP | 27 June |
| 10 | British GP | 11 July |
| 11 | German GP | 25 July |
| 12 | Hungarian GP | 1 August |
| 13 | Belgian GP | 29 August |
| 14 | Italian GP | 12 September |
| 15 | Singapore GP | 26 September |
| 16 | Japanese GP | 3 October |
| 17 | Korean GP | 17 October |
| 18 | Abu Dhabi GP | 31 October |
| 19 | Brazilian GP | 14 November |