After entering two rounds of the Finnish rally championship in the winter, Kimi entered the same Tommi Makinen-prepared Fiat Abarthe Grande Punto into the Rally della Marca this weekend.

But on the third stage of the event in northern Italy's Treviso region, while running eighth in his category, Raikkonen crashed and struck a rock verge, terminally damaging the right rear corner of his white car.

Before the event, the Finn thanked Ferrari for giving him permission to compete.

"I really enjoy myself (rallying) and it will be my first experience on tarmac after some tests on snow last winter," Raikkonen had said. "As I'm coming from the race track it will be interesting to see what I will be able to do behind the wheel on the roads."

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