Ferrari insider Leo Turrini: “In Maranello, Kimi is one of the family. The team love him for his character and admire him for his talent”. Leo Turrini expressed his admiration for Kimi.

Italian blogger Leo Turrini, who is famously very close to proceedings at Scuderia Ferrari, reflects on the first half of the 2019 Formula One season, analyzing the performance of each team and driver. The Italian journalist expressed his admiration for the way in which Kimi Raikkonen has managed to keep Alfa Romeo in the battle for midfield, also highlighting that Kimi is still very much appreciated in Maranello:

“Kimi in Maranello is one of the family. The team love him, for his character. And they admire him, for his talent. Some would like to see him racing with them again.” – Leo Turrini wrote in a recent post for his quotidiano.net blog – “Kimi is having one of the best seasons of his career. From a performance point of view, he is in the Top Five drivers from what was seen in the first part of the season. I know that Kimi dreams of going up on the podium as an Alfa Romeo driver, he who did it with historic brands like Ferrari, Lotus and McLaren. From the Alfa team I expected more. From my friend Furbatto*’s car, I mean. We will also see how the appeal against Germany’s disqualifications will end.” – Leo Turrini concluded.

(*Luca Furbatto is Alfa’s chief designer)