Whilst Ferrari have said that it is Sebastian Vettel's decision if he wishes to remain with the Italian squad next season, his Finnish team-mate Kimi Räikkönen's future very much hangs in the balance.
Räikkönen has less than half Vettel's points tally and sits behind Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo in the standings thanks to some poor performances and a spate of reliability issues, but the 2007 world champion isn't too worried about his future, despite admitting it's very much Ferrari's decision whether he stays or goes after the current campaign.
"It's up to them, whatever they decide it's their choice," said Räikkönen when asked about his situation, given Ferrari announced his last one-year extension ahead of the British Grand Prix weekend.
"I don't know, we'll see…you'll have to talk to the team and ask, but in my view it's a normal situation, like it was last year."
Räikkönen conceded that his season so far had been disappointing, but he is confident he has the pace to win races and it's just a matter of things outside of his control coming together to make that happen.
"For sure I'm not very happy where we've been finishing, considering all the races so far, but we cannot change it.
"The team knows for sure what I want but even then it's up to them. My only aim is to do well, that's the only reason I'm here. It's not always fun when it's not going well, but that's how it is sometimes. I'm sure the results will come.
"I don't even know where we are with the points, I've not looked. For sure not what we've wanted, but this is how it is. This is another weekend and hopefully we can try and get the result we know we can get.
"Speed wise I think I have it. But it's not always enough if the rest doesn't go to plan."
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