Raikkonen chasing World Championship F1 season 2013 with Lotus E21

Kimi Raikkonen looked challenge for the championship F1 2013 season with Lotus, after the Formula 1 team launched their new car, the Lotus E21. 33-year-old rider is sure, the team has the quality to achieve their dreams.

"You can look at their history, they have won the championship. Nobody that I saw last year made ​​me think that there might be another championship," Raikkonen said on the former Renault team and this Benetton.

"Previously, this team has defeated all of them, so there's nothing to say that they can not do it again," added Raikkonen, who won the 2007 world title with Ferrari, and last year did an impressive comeback after two years of retirement from F1 to join rally .

Last year, Raikkonen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and seven podium finishes. The result left him finish third in the final standings, behind the world champion team Red Bull Racing, Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari driver, Fernando Alonso.

Team principal Eric Boullier, Lotus is also optimistic about the opportunities, which last year ranked fourth kontruktor. With French rider squad Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean, she said that their ambition is to be in the front row.