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Raikkonen puts Covid in the past to focus on Sochi

Kimi Raikkonen will rejoin the grid this weekend in Sochi, having been deemed fit to race after testing positive for Covid earlier this month. The Alfa Romeo driver was sidelined ahead of Saturday's running at the Dutch Grand Prix based on his mandatory Covid test from Friday. Raikkonen then flew back home to isolate, with Alfa reserve Robert Kubica subbing for the Iceman on the spot at Zandvoort and then again at Monza. But the future F1 retiree is now fit and well and ready to return to the fray for his 343rd career start in F1. "I’m pleased to be back in the car after missing two rounds," he said ahead of this weekend's Russian Grand Prix. "Obviously nobody wants to...
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