Kimi Raikkonen is not assured of racing for Ferrari next season, team president Luca di Montezemolo said today.

Brazil's Felipe Massa is poised to return for Ferrari next season after suffering a fractured skull in July's Hungarian Grand Prix but there have long been rumours that Finn Raikkonen will be replaced by Renault's Fernando Alonso.

"We will have a Brazilian driver because he deserves another chance given that, thank God, he is fine. Otherwise, we are mulling the best choice but we still have time. We will decide in a few weeks," Montezemolo told reporters.

A British newspaper reported this week that Raikkonen may return to McLaren, provided that agreement is reached with Ferrari on severance of his contract, which has another year to run. At McLaren he will replace Heikki Kovalainen.

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