De la Rosa: Kimi's a party animal

Pedro de la Rosa has defended former McLaren colleague Kimi Raikkonen's partying ways.
Referring to the Finn's off-track reputation for occasionally enjoying one too many alcoholic beverages, de la Rosa told a men's magazine that the media's portrayal of 27-year-old Raikkonen has been "exaggerated".

"He likes to have a good time, perhaps even more than the rest of us," said Spaniard de la Rosa, 36, who worked alongside Raikkonen as a test driver at McLaren until the Finn switched to Ferrari for 2007.
He told FHM, "But what is written (about Raikkonen) is too much."

Alonso referring to Raikkonen, his Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa told a Brazilian newspaper earlier this year, "In a world like ours, where there are famous people, the media can often exaggerate or even make things up."

(wheels24)