Raikkonen

Since Mika, of course Finland has produced many Formula One stars such as Raikkonen and Kovalainen.

F1technical.net . Motorsport news 2010

Lotus have set Kimi Raikkonen a clear target of taking the former Renault team to fourth place in the Formula One constructors' championship in his comeback season.

Lotus set Kimi Raikkonen target of fourth-place constructors' finish 2012

Kobayashi, like Robert Kubica, Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa, caught the eye of that redoubtable talent spotter Peter Sauber, but when he first came to Europe, in 2004, to race in Formula Renault, his driving was fast but very erratic.

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He dropped to ninth early on, but with 10 laps to go reclaimed sixth place to earn three points after leaving the pits ahead of Toyota's Jarno Trulli and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.

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Button, who went past the returning former world champion Kimi Raikkonen in one particularly impressive move going into the second turn, also predicted a more competitive season ahead when he said: I think you are going to see the cars a lot more bunched up this season, especially at the start of the year and racing gets under way.

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Kimi Raikkonen, right, has been set a target of taking Lotus to fourth in the constructors' championship in 2012.

Lotus set Kimi Raikkonen target of fourth-place constructors' finish 2012

I am happy to be back, Raikkonen said when reminded how difficult the seven-times champion Michael Schumacher had found coming back with Mercedes.

Lotus set Kimi Raikkonen target of fourth-place constructors' finish 2012

"The people here know how to build a good car and even the biggest teams cannot produce every year the winning car … they are very capable people and have a good feeling of things and are pushing hard so hopefully we get good results," Raikkonen said.

Lotus set Kimi Raikkonen target of fourth-place constructors' finish 2012

I was pretty happy after the first test we did a few weeks ago and it felt pretty normal already, said Raikkonen, who drove a two-year-old car at Valencia last month.

Lotus set Kimi Raikkonen target of fourth-place constructors' finish 2012

Raikkonen has not raced in Formula One since 2009, when he left Ferrari to make way for the double champion Fernando Alonso and embark on a new life in rallying.

Lotus set Kimi Raikkonen target of fourth-place constructors' finish 2012