"Mercedes wanted to have Kimi,” [his manager Steve Robertson] confirmed. “But by this time he had already decided to go to WRC. Kimi doesn’t change his mind."

"Ferrari needs someone for the team similar to Schumi,” he told German publication Auto Bild, explaining the need for a more natural leader. “[Raikkonen is] very fast, but also very closed. In a car that is capable of winning, he was and is perfect – but if the car needs to be developed and the team fired up, Alonso is better.”
—Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali"