Heat is on for Raikkonen

Title chaser believes hot weekend will help Ferrari's chances

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Heat is on for Raikkonen

Raikkonen: Wants good weather

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Kimi Raikkonen is hoping the weather plays along during this weekend's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.

While his main World Championship rival Lewis Hamilton weathered the storms at Silverstone and Monaco, the Finn has found it difficult to keep up in tricky conditions.

A hot weekend at Hockenheim will play into Ferrari's hands as the F2008 is easier on tyres than the McLaren.

Raikkonen, who is joint first in the Championship along with team-mate Felipe Massa and Hamilton, believes it will be advantageous to Ferrari when the skies are clear.

"I hope it will be hot, as it usually is at Hockenheim," the Finn said on the Ferrari website.

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"Our car goes really well at high temperatures and also the tyre-wear is not too high. So I really hope it will be hot.

"It's hard to overtake, but the qualifying doesn't determine the result as (much as) on other tracks: although starting from the first row will make life much easier."

Raikkonen is confident he will soon return to winning ways. His last win was at the Spanish GP in April.

"I've always said that the Championship will be very uncertain," he added.

"I had the possibility to win the last three races, but for one reason or the other things didn't go the right way: but that's racing and I'm sure I'll win again soon.

"Every point will be important, just like last year. Three drivers tied on the top spot and a fourth, who is two points behind: that's a very interesting situation."