Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua akiaki te tumuaki o te kapa Ferrari a Maurizio Arrivabene ki a Kimi Raikkonen kia whakamatau ia ia ki te hiahia ia ki te noho tonu ki te waitohu Maranello. Ko te kirimana a Raikkonen ka mutu i te mutunga o te wa o te Formula One, ahakoa he kowhiringa mo te tau 2016 mena ka whakaae nga taha e rua. I kii te Finn i tenei wiki kaore ia i tino koa ki te mahi tahi me tetahi tiima i roto i tana umanga F1 katoa, ahakoa ko tana ahua tae noa ki tenei ra kaore i rite ki a Sebastian Vettel. Kua akiakihia a Kimi Raikkonen ki te whakapai ake i ana mahinga mena e hiahia ana ia ki te noho ki Ferrari. Ka rere nga mura i te wā ka pahemo atu te Finn ki a Pastor Maldonado i te wā o te whakangungu i mua i te Bahrain Grand Prix. Ina koa, kua hinga a Raikkonen i roto i te tohu, ahakoa kua pai tana whakaora i nga whakataetae e rua whakamutunga i Malaysia me Haina kia mutu te tuawha. Kua tino whakaatuhia e te 35 tau te pakeke kei a ia te tere, a, i runga i tona ahua hinengaro, e ahua hiahia ana ki te noho. E ai ki a Arrivabene, ahakoa, me whakapai ake nga hua. I mua i te Bahrain Grand Prix o te Ratapu ka mea ia: 'E hiahia ana koe ki te mohio ki taku i korero ki a Kimi? Ko te rangatira o te kapa Ferrari a Maurizio Arrivabene (matau) e korero ana ki ana kaihauturu a Raikkonen raua ko Sebastian Vettel (maui) Kei te whakanui a Vettel i muri i tana whiu i te tokorua Mercedes a Lewis Hamilton (maui) me Nico Rosberg i Malaysia. 'I korero mai ia ki ahau mo te kirimana, a ka mea ahau ki a ia, 'E whakawhirinaki ana ki to mahi.' Ko Kimi, ko ia te momo tangata e mauruuru ana ina kōrero koe ki a ia i runga i te huarahi tino mārama, ā, tika ki tona kanohi. 'E mōhio ana a Kimi he mea wawe tonu te kōrero mō tēnei i tēnei wā, engari e hari ana ahau ki te mahinga, me akiaki noa ia, ā, e mōhio ana ia.'
Ko te kirimana a Kimi Raikkonen ki a Ferrari ka mutu i te mutunga o te tau. E hiahia ana te tumuaki o te kapa a Maurizio Arrivabene kia pai ake te mahi a Finn. Kua uaua te kaihautū o Maranello ki te tāpiri i tana hoa kapa a Sebastian Vettel.