If Kimi Räikkönen’s tenure with the Ferrari F1 team ends after this season, as some are speculating, he may be heading back to rallying next season.

That’s the claim of the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat.

When Räikkönen left F1 for the first time after 2009, he raced in the World Rally Championship.

Now, with his Ferrari seat for 2019 reportedly again up for grabs, the report says he is in talks with Tommi Mäkinen, boss of the works Toyota Gazoo Racing world rally team.

Mäkinen and his team deputy Mia Miettinen are in Monaco and have been spotted on Räikkönen's yacht.

"Kimi could be a Toyota driver," Miettinen said, "but first he has to decide if he will continue his career with Ferrari."

Another Finn, former F1 driver Mika Salo, thinks Ferrari will either retain Räikkönen for 2019 or sign up Daniel Ricciardo.

"I think Charles Leclerc is too young and inexperienced," he said. "That's why Ricciardo is the only real choice for Ferrari other than Kimi for next season."

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