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Berger: "Montoya eternal number two"

Kimi Raikkonen is 'a killer,' but his McLaren teammate, Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, is not. That's the claim of retired 10-time winner Gerhard Berger, who worked with 30-year-old Montoya when BMW motor sport director a few years ago.

''Raikkonen is really good; he's a killer,'' the Austrian and former McLaren teammate of Ayrton Senna, told Autosprint. ''Montoya, in my opinion, is not.''

46-year-old Berger, who also drove for Ferrari and Benetton and came third in the championship on three occasions, agrees that JPM is fast. ''But he makes mistakes, he doesn't make the most of his chances,'' Berger told the Italian magazine. ''He will never be a number one, he will be an eternal number two.''

Gerhard reckons the way Raikkonen, 25, has beaten Montoya this year justifies the Finn's big McLaren salary. ''A guy like him should be paid around 20 million dollars per year,'' Berger said

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