AUGUST 29, 2006

Three into two does not go

There is no doubt that Kimi Raikkonen has a full contract with Ferrari for 2007 and that Felipe Massa has a contract of some form or another as well. There have now been suggestions that Ferrari might announce next week that there will be three racing drivers in 2007, a move which would let the team get on with the business of winning this year so that they can worry about who drives what at a later date.

A Ferrari spokesman has been quoted as saying in recent days that "we will definitely announce our driver pairing for 2007 in Monza'' so, unless the meaning of the word "pairing" had changed, there will only be two!