Former F1 driver David Coulthard believes Kimi Raikkonen could have won more world championships had he possessed a stronger work ethic, comparing him to Michael Schumacher's relentless dedication.
Raikkonen narrowly missed out on the 2003 title with McLaren, while in 2005, poor reliability allowed Alonso to take his first title with Renault. Coulthard thinks his former teammate should have had more success in F1. “He went from Formula Renault to driving a Sauber at Mugello. Mugello is one of the proper scary race tracks you can go round in a grand prix car. He just had so much talent.
“But can you imagine? He won one world championship and you could go McLaren reliability and all that stuff. If he had the work ethic of Michael, I think he would have won more.” During his championship-winning years with Ferrari, Schumacher was renowned for his work ethic and ability to bring a team together. Coulthard acknowledged the impact Schumacher had “over engineers and mechanics” by being ingrained at the Ferrari factory. “Michael was at the test track, he was at the factory,” he added. “If you’re there standing over engineers and mechanics, they feel it, it empowers them.“So I say this: I stand by work ethic. It’s the difference between being a humble one-time world champion, or what he could have been – a multiple world champion
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