Raikkonen: Bullsh*t nonsense you guys come up with all the time

Kimi Raikkonen went on the offensive during an interview session with media ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, slamming reporters for inventing stories.

When asked about a possible retainer reduction clause in his contract for 2016, the Finn became incensed, "I heard something about that and I would be interested to know who wrote it."

"You have no idea what my contract says and you never have. It's bullshit nonsense you guys come up with all the time. It's fine with me," fumed the 2007 F1 world champion.

"Have you seen my contract? So you just come up with bullshit? Yes or no? You don't know the contract but you write stuff that's not true."

"Maybe you should start writing some things that make sense,"ranted Raikkonen. "Write what you want, I don't really care."

Earlier the veteran Finn was asked about the spin he suffered during the Canadian Grand Prix which cost Ferrari a podium and immediately after the race incurred the wrath of his boss Maurizio Arrivabene.

"It was a freak accident.That is part of the game and I'm sure we can avoid it," explained Raikkonen. "There are some rules when you do starts and after the pitstops. There's an FIA lockout that lasts a certain time."

"It doesn't matter when you switch off it still takes 90 seconds... It's normal on a race weekend. You cannot change that, but we have settings we can work on. Now knowing what can happen we can try avoid it."

"We know what caused it and we will do the best we to minimise that risk. The rules limit what you can do, but we know certain corners, at certain circuits, there might be a chance [of it happening again], so now we know to do it differently."

"It has not happened at all this year. Never in testing or practice. The first time it happened was in the race. Unfortunately on that circuit [Montreal] in those conditions, I spun because of it," concluded Raikkonen who on Sunday, in Austria, will start his 220th grand prix.