Kimi Raikkonen has dropped a hint he is keen to stay at Ferrari next year, saying it is up to the team to decide whether it wants to keep him.

Raikkonen is in the second year of a two year contract at Maranello but has an option to stay in 2016. He has previously said he envisages ending his career with Ferrari and after improved performances this season could be in a position to stay beyond the end of the year.

Asked directly whether he was planning to stay, Raikkonen said: "We'll see. Obviously the team has to decide that but you have to talk to them. I'm happy how things are running, obviously we want better results but we've been a bit unlucky or whatever you want to call it in the first three races. Hopefully we can get it like the last race which was better but obviously in qualifying I made a mistake so time will tell what will happen. It's up to the team really to decide that."

One man at Ferrari who has gone on the record saying he would like Ferrari to stay is his team-mate Sebastian Vettel.