Raikkonen slates media: "Nonsense media coverage is harming F1"

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen thinks there is so much "nonsense" and "bullshit" nowadays in the media, that it is harming Formula One.

Raikkonen's future this season has been a huge subject of speculation in the media; with the 39-year-old eventually deciding to make a return to Sauber with Charles Leclerc replacing him next year at Ferrari.

There were rumours that the 2007 world champion could be making a move to McLaren, though.

Raikkonen told Motorsport that he feared media coverage was starting to harm the sport. Asked if he would trade no media work for cutting his salary, the Finn replied: "No, I don't want this. I think everybody would go! But I don't think that media makes the salary.

"People always complain that 'Oh F1 is not exciting, 'It's not this', or something like 'Why are people not interested so much?.

“People try to create so much nonsense, that it actually starts harming F1. I think if there would be less nonsense and more actual things that are true, and this and that, it would be better for F1 in many ways.”