Raikkonen can't compete with Hamilton or Alonso: "He can't adapt."
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According to former Formula 1 driver Pedro de la Rosa, world champion Kimi Raikkonen is a lesser driver than two other world champions: Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. De la Rosa can speak from experience because he has worked with all three men at McLaren.
In conversation with the Finnish website Iltalehti the former driver of Arrows shines his light on three world champions. According to De la Rosa all three are very fast but there is a difference between Raikkonnen, Hamilton and Alonso. "Kimi is very fast, he's a champion for a reason, only he depends on a certain type of car."
The Finn needs a car that suits his driving style: "His car needs to be stable at the front. If he doesn't have that, he can't adapt", the Spaniard says. That doesn't apply to the current world champion and Fernando Alonso: "Give Fernando a car and he'll show speed. Lewis can do that too. Here lies the difference with Raikkonen".
Kimi was very fast
By the way, the former Formula 1 driver does praise the qualities of the Finn: "In 2005 and 2006 we worked together with Michelin at McLaren. Juan-Pablo Montoya and I both had problems but Kimi was very fast". Still the Spaniard thinks Hamilton and Alonso are a bit better.