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Raikkonen crashes out of Rally Mexico
ESPNF1 Staff
March 6, 2010
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Kimi Raikkonen inspects the damage to his car © Sutton Images
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Ex-F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen has crashed out of Rally Mexico in spectacular fashion.
Raikkonen, who swapped F1 for rallying when Fernando Alonso replaced him at Ferrari, rolled his Citroen C4 six times on the final gravel stage of day one. Both Raikkonen and his co-driver Kaj Linstrom were unharmed, but the car was destroyed in the accident and he was forced to retire.
He finished 30th in Rally Sweden last month after a number of mistakes dropped him well down the order. He was also out of contention before his big accident in Mexico, but showed real potential on an asphalt stage when he set the fifth fastest time.
He will now have to wait until early April for another chance to prove his talent at the next round of the WRC in Jordan.
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