Kimi Raikkonen believes the push to allow Formula 1 drivers to fight on track was only through the understanding of “smart, fair” racing and feels while the drivers are united in meetings the incident🀅s can divide them o♌n track.

Following the lengthy debate which was triggered by the controversial penalty handed to Sebastian Vettel that ultimately saw him lose the Canadian Grand Prix to Lewis Hamilton, the former Ferrari driver added his insight into the flashpoint pointing to F1 drivers being permitt﷽ed to more wheel-to-wheelꦰ racing.

While the rules were largely unchanged, F1 drivꦆers were given more freedom in on-track combat without the associated threat of penalti♊es during the race.

Raikkonnen underlined that point but says it was only permitte✃d when racing “in a smart way”.

“That’s what we have been told, we’d get [more freedom],” Raikkonen said. “Then you look at some things and it’s definitely not t🔯hat way.

“Freedom in a smart way, yes, but obviously when you start pushing someone off or something stupid, as drivers we ꦬall know – or should know – what’s fair and acceptable. As long as it stays a fair fight then I’m okay.”

Raikkonen also feels drivers’ opinions on racing incidents become skewed instantly when they are involve♛d in an incident and feels the FIA race stewards, acting independently, were simply applying the penalties as required by the current F1 rules.

“We are on the same side but it’s ♔not the drivers that make the last decision,” he said. “An♔d then I think it’s easy to agree on certain things when we are there but, in the end, whoever is in a fight, they are against each other.

“In th𒈔at room we discuss it but on track there are always a million different opinions and somebody will always be happy about it and somebody less happy.”