Alonso + Ferrari - Raikkonen

Reports say that Ferrari are set to dump Kimi Raikkonen at the end of this season to make room for Double World Champion Fernando Alonso. Ferrari have reportedly offerred him half of his annual salary of 25 million pounds to walk away with one year left on his contract.

His poor results and lack of motivation seem to be a big part of his pending departure from the Scuderia. Speculation grew as he competed in his debut World Rally Championship event recently. During this event he even stated that Rallying could become his occupation once his contract was fulfilled with Ferrari.

It is widely believed that Alonso already has a contract to drive one of the red cars next season, from 2010. Alonso nor Ferrari have done nothing to leads us to believe those rumors are untrue and it is expected that the Scuderia will make a formal announcement of the same at Monza in a few weeks time. Stay tuned as this could get interesting.