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Todt wouldn't have bet on Raikkonen

Ferrari team boss Jean Todt told reporters at Ferrari's weekend celebrations at Mugello that he wouldn't have bet on Kimi Raikkonen becoming world champion earlier in the season.

"To be honest, I wouldn't have bet on Kimi winning the drivers' title in his first season as a Ferrari driver," Todt said. "To win it is a demonstration of our approach of never giving up and to believe in it as long as it is possible."

"The last race was incredible," he added. "We knew that we had to finish first and second and Kimi had to finish before Felipe in order to keep Alonso back and Hamilton had to be in the best hypothesis 6th. And this is what happened. All these factors had to come together and this is what happened in the end; our capacity to reach an extraordinary double-win."

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