Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen insists that he is still driving the same as he was ten years ago, after being questioned over his Formula One future.
Raikkonen has failed to win a single race since making his return to Ferrari back in 2014, and has since played second fiddle to Fernando Alonso, and Sebastian Vettel currently.
The Finn's experience is undoubted, with 284 Grands Prix - making him the fifth-most experienced driver in Formula One's history.
"I don't feel that I drive any differently from ten years ago," Raikkonen told the press after being asked if he could still compete at the top of the grid.
"I drive pretty well, at least in my own books and that is enough for me. I wouldn't be here if I didn't feel that I can drive as well as I feel that I should. That's kind of my tool to decide when it's enough.
"Who knows? Maybe I will wake up one morning and I don't know how to drive fast anymore. I don't think there is a time. It's more feelings and how do you feel yourself, doing good or bad.
"Obviously the speed, people always said the speed would disappear but until this day, it hasn't disappeared for me.
"Like I said, maybe there's one morning when I'll wake up and it's just not there. It could be like that but I don't think you can just put a date, say you turn this age and that's it, it's just not there. If you have, you have it, if not - that's it."
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