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Arrivabene: Reason for keeping Kimi alongside Vettel is clear

Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene says retaining Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel for 2018 was the right decision for team spirit at Maranello.

In August, Ferrari confirmed Raikkonen would be retained on a one year-deal in 2018 before announcing that Vettel had signed a three-year contract extension a week later. The news will see Ferrari continue with the same driver line-up for the fourth year in a row -- a decision that Arrivabene said was the obvious choice.

"The reason why I think is quite clear," he said. "They went through the last three years with great co-operation within them.