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What's keeping Kimi Raikkonen in Formula One?

Perhaps the only thing more surprising than Kimi Raikkonen's move to Sauber is the fact Formula One's no-nonsense Iceman broke the news on Instagram.

Most expected the end of Raikkonen's second tenure at Ferrari would be enough to prompt him to walk away from F1 completely. For someone who seems completely disinterested by most of the formalities which come with being an F1 driver -- the media appearances, the sponsor events, even some of the interactions with the sport's fans -- it seemed unlikely Raikkonen would want to keep putting up with all of those things without the pay-off of a front-running, competitive race car.