F1: Ferrari ‘Insane’ To Sign Raikkonen, FIA Jump Gun On Hulkenberg Seat

Jacques Villeneuve has blasted Ferrari's decision to sign Kimi Raikkonen for 2014.

Prior to his slump in form and Ferrari's decision to push him into sabbatical at the end of 2009, the Finn won the Italian team's last world title in 2007.

But 1997 world champion Villeneuve thinks bringing the now 33-year-old Raikkonen back to Ferrari in Felipe Massa's wake is not smart.

Jenson Button has confirmed that the sticking point in his talks with McLaren is over 2015.

It has been reported the 2009 world champion is happy to commit to the British team for next year, but wants to leave the door open for 2015.

"For next year it's all good, it's a formality," Button is quoted by the news agency AFP.

McLaren, however, would prefer driver certainty for the start of the Honda era, even though managing director Jonathan Neale played that down when talking to reporters this week.

"We've shown in the past that we weren't afraid to make the changes that we felt that we needed to in the team, whether it was inside the organisation or in the driver lineup, in order to get the job done," he told a Vodafone teleconference.

Button hinted at an ExxonMobil promotional event ahead of the Singapore grand prix that 2015 is the sticking point.

"Nothing's sorted yet for the year after," he said, referring to 2015.

"2014 is an option year on the previous contract and then we see."

(GMM)