Kimi Raikkonen Will Need Time - Sebastian Vettel

Vettel and Raikkonen

After an absence of two seasons from F1, Kimi Raikkonen will be back next season. As a friend, the defending champion Sebastian Vettel reminds Raikkonen would probably undergo a comeback far from easy.

At the end of the 2009 season, Raikkonen left F1 to rally the world to follow. Ferrari were the last team that defended the 2007 F1 world champion.

After the 2011 season ended, 32-year-old Finnish men are sure will return to the track on the F1 2012 season with Lotus Renault team.

Vettel reminds Raikkonen now that her comeback 2012 season is very likely to walk with difficulty. Because the same thing also happened with Michael Schumacher on his return to the 2010 season, after being retired at the end of the 2006 season.

The period of absence Raikkonen in F1 track is shorter than Schumacher. But in a short period and even then Vettel, who reportedly often played badminton with Raikkonen in Switzerland, called the change in F1 has been quite a lot.

"I can imagine would be very difficult to return to the same level as before," concluded Vettel.