Ferrari: Alonso and Raikkonen will help each other

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has dismissed suggestions that 'having two cockerels in the same hen house' could prove problematic next year when Kimi Raikkonen joins Fernando Alonso at the Italian squad. Raikkonen's signing gives Ferrari the strongest driver line-up on the 2014 grid and marks the first time the team have fielded two world champions since 1953. It also means Alonso will no longer enjoy being the Scuderia's de facto number one

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Of course they're not going to have any problems. In history of Formula 1, no teammates have ever had conflicts...except for Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna when they drove for McLaren, or Lewis Hamilton and Fernando with McLaren. etc.
Bottom line is one driver is going to outperform the other one and there will be drama regardless.

 

I just hope that when the times comes for either driver to try and win the championship and the other effectively becomes a second driver, that both are adult enough to accept their position in the team. I know Alonso had problems with Hamilton when they were both at McLaren, but he has matured a lot since then. Saying that, I know Kimi doesn't like to play the team game and only looks out for himself. He has always stated that he is only in F1 to race, and I wonder if he will take a back seat if Alonso proves the better driver.