{"id":35842,"date":"2014-07-07T19:31:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T18:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/issue_content\/raikkonen-brings-star-power-to-wrc\/"},"modified":"2019-07-20T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T14:42:20","slug":"raikkonen-brings-star-power-to-wrc","status":"publish","type":"issue_content","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/archive\/article\/february-2010\/23\/raikkonen-brings-star-power-to-wrc\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen brings star power to WRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>F1 ace Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen will make a sensational switch to the World Rally Championship this year in the Red Bull-backed Citro\u00ebn Junior Team.<\/p>\n<p>The move is a coup for the WRC in the wake of a drop in interest in the series and the recent withdrawals of makes such as Subaru and Suzuki. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic news,\u201d said Simon Long, CEO of series promoter ISC. \u201cNot only is Kimi an immense talent, he can attract [new] fans to the WRC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some drivers have warned that the switch may not be easy for the 2007 F1 champion, despite the pace he showed on last year\u2019s Rally Finland. \u201cKimi may be in for a shock,\u201d said Ford\u2019s Matthew Wilson. \u201cAt some events he\u2019ll be quick, but at others he will struggle.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen will be joined by Kaj Lindstrom, who used to co-drive for four-time champion Tommi M\u00e4kinen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":739,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"tags":[167,180,37089,47234,37090,598],"issue_decade":[121600],"issue_year":[121601],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content\/35842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/issue_content"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/739"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content\/35842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241946,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_content\/35842\/revisions\/241946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35842"},{"taxonomy":"issue_decade","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_decade?post=35842"},{"taxonomy":"issue_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_year?post=35842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}