Raikkonen joins Ferrari for 2014

Raikkonen joins Ferrari for 2014

Kimi Raikkonen will partner Fernando Alonso at Ferrari starting next season after agreeing a two-year deal, the Italian team confirmed on Wednesday.

Kimi Raikkonen on the podium at the Hungaroring circuit in Budapest on July 28, 2013 after the Hungarian Grand Prix.

"Scuderia Ferrari announces that it has reached an agreement with Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn will join Fernando Alonso in the driver line-up for the next two racing seasons," read a statement on ferrari.com.

For Raikkonen it marks a return to Ferrari, with whom he won the world championship in 2007, after the Finn rejoined Formula One in 2012 with Lotus following a two-year absence.

"I am really happy to be returning to Maranello where I previously spent three fantastic and very successful years," said Raikkonen.

Raikkonen will replace Felipe Massa, who is leaving Ferrari at the end of the current season.

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