Kimi Raikkonen has addressed recent rumours regarding his future and a potential return to McLaren, hinting that it wouldn't be out of the question, before adding that he has "zero interest" in such talks at this stage in the season.
Raikkonen's future is often a point of discussion, particularly in recent seasons following his return to Ferrari in 2014 on a one-year rolling deal, and now with Ferrari-backed Charles Leclerc performing well for Sauber, the Italian squad could finally take the plunge and replace the Finn.
That's prompted further speculation including a report that McLaren have added Raikkonen to its shortlist of potential 2019 drivers, should Fernando Alonso move on.
Raikkonen, who raced for McLaren from 2002 to 2006, joined Ferrari and then 'retired' before returning to join Lotus and later Ferrari again, said "you never know" what could happen given he never expected he'd return to F1 following his departure in 2009.
"I don’t know really," he said of his future. "I said, I think it was 2007, that I would finish [my career] at Ferrari and obviously at some point it didn’t look like that [when he joined Lotus] and now it looks like that again.
"You never know what comes after this and that, but we will see."
Raikkonen however refused to go into any details on what his future might hold and called the constant speculation "nonsense".
"[It's the] same as always, every year. We'll see," he added. "As always a lot of talk and I’m not really happy to comment on those [rumours]. We’ll see at some point what happens, including me. Let’s wait and see."
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