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Kimi Raikkonen has said that Formula One today is not much different to in the past.
Radically different engine regulations were introduced in 2014, bringing in complex turbocharged hybrid 1.6 litre V6 engines, a far cry from the naturally aspirated V8 and V10 engines Raikkonen has used for the majority of his F1 career.
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But despite the big engine changes, the 2007 world champion believes that as far as actual driving is concerned, not much has changed.
"When it came in in 2014 everything was new and probably not at the level we wanted. OK, some teams were at the level they wanted, but for sure [Ferrari] were not happy with where we were," Raikkonen told F1i.com. "Driveability was also depending on how good your car is or the grip on the circuit or conditions, it wasn’t always easy [to judge] because it made it quite tricky. But now after a few years everything has improved so much."
"Driving-wise the sound is different but the driving itself hasn’t changed. You drive the same way, okay you have fuel saving but in the past you had brake saving or something, so it’s the same thing just affecting different things," he added. "So I wouldn’t say there’s an awful lot different apart from the sound and I guess a certain feeling around you, but for me it’s good already again that it’s normal now."
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