Despite not being the most talkative of chaps, ‘Iceman’ managed to find the words to convince Citroën Racing and Peugeot Sport team boss Olivier Quesnel to allow him to test drive the Peugeot 908.

“It’s something he’s been requesting for some time and we will profit from this test, which has been scheduled for a long time, to try the 908 on Wednesday,” said a Peugeot Sport spokesperson. “It is not related to a possible future in endurance racing, but his feedback will no doubt be interesting.”

Since his retirement from F1, Raikkonen has tasted world class rallying (he steered his Citroën DS3 WRC to sixth place in Germany last weekend) and also Nascar’s Trophy Truck and Nationwide classes. He has just announced that he will not take part in early September’s Rally Australia, but he will back in action for the Rallye de France.

Peugeot Sport has completed quite a lot of testing this summer and this week will see Simon Pagenaud, Stéphane Sarrazin and Franck Montagny work on the 908′s set-up in Spain.

It still isn’t clear whether Anthony Davidson will be fit enough to contest the Silverstone 6 Hours at the beginning of September after breaking a collarbone in a cycle accident earlier this month. The British driver resumed fitness training last week but is still unable to drive a racecar. A decision will be taken early next week. Should he have to withdraw, Simon Pagenaud will be called in to join Sébastien Bourdais in the N°7 Peugeot.

Kimi Räikkönen, Michelin, Peugeot 908