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McLaren considered Raikkonen for 2013

Kimi Raikkonen, rather than Sergio Perez, could have been lining up alongside Jenson Button this season, team boss Martin Whitmarsh has revealed.With the Finn out of contract at Lotus at the end of 2013, Whitmarsh was asked whether he would consider pursuing him to bolster the line-up ahead of next season, only to admit that the 2007 world champion had already been a target for the Woking squad.Although both Button and Perez appear to be locked into contracts for next year – despite speculation at the Belgian Grand Prix linking the Briton to a possible move elsewhere – Whitmarsh makes no secret of his admiration for Raikkonen, who drove for McLaren between 2002-06 and concedes that he...
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