F1 champion endures tough Citroen C4 WRC rally baptism

Kimi Raikkonen will continue in the Arctic Rally after having to be assisted back onto the road by spectators following an accident this morning.

The 2007 F1 world champion - making his competition debut in a Citroen C4 WRC - crashed on the event's second stage.

Raikkonen and co-driver Kaj Lindstrom summoned the help of spectators to return to the C4 WRC to the road and continued to the end of the test, albeit 31 minutes slower than rally leader and fellow Citroen driver Dani Sordo.

Raikkonen then drove through the third stage and made it back to the service area in Rovaniemi.

The Citroen Racing team replaced the radiator and oil cooler along with bodywork at the front and rear of the C4 WRC in the 20-minute service.

Sordo continues to lead the rally in the only other WRC entry.

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*Please note this picture is not from the Artic Rally.

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