Martin Whitmarsh thinks Kimi Raikkonen does want to leave Lotus - but 'won't succeed'

McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh believes that the team's former driver Kimi Raikkonen is actively looking for a move away from Lotus - although suspects that the Finn "will not succeed" in that aim for 2014.

But although relatively coy over whether they could yet make a move for Raikkonen, Whitmarsh dropped a strong hint that McLaren would head into 2014 with an unchanged line-up. "Bear in mind that Checo is still very young - he is ten years younger (than Jenson)," he said when asked Perez's performances. "But I think one thing I have to say is that we haven't given our drivers the car we should have done this year. But they've been fantastic ambassadors and I think they deserve another go with us next year."