The two drivers are vying for a place alongside Australian Mark Webber at BMW-Williams for next season.
Jaguar team boss Tony Purnell feels the Australian driver is a world champion in the making.
The German won a wet and wild US Grand Prix while Colombian rival Juan Pablo Montoya's title hopes were blown away.
The Italian clocked the fastest qualifying lap in first qualifying for Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix.\n\n
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher can win a record sixth Formula One championship at Indianapolis on Sunday if circumstances go his way.
A decade on from their last driver's title, courtesy of Kimi Raikkonen in 2007, Ferrari emerged from eight days of testing in Spain with the fastest lap times coupled with impressive reliability.
'There is no one to blame for this crash,' said the younger Schumacher.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen is fully fit for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix after missing testing last week to recover from a crash at the previous race in Turkey.
The Colombian had a blistering late lap to outpace his German team mate at Williams Ralf Schumacher.
'I'm quite satisfied, especially because Raikkonen was only third and picked up just one point as a result not a lot happened,' said the German world champion.
Ralf Schumacher won the French GP as his team celebrated their second one-two finish in the space of a week.
It was the second win of Montoya's 41 race career and the first of the season for BMW-powered Williams
The Scot is looking to get his act together in the next F1 race at Monaco and make up lost ground.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher fended off McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen to win the British Grand Prix.
The Scot is looking for a drive after McLaren signed Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya from Williams for 2005.
The Finn was running third when he was forced out of the Malaysian Grand Prix with transmission failure on lap 40.
Kimi Raikkonen says his McLaren needs to be more powerful as well as more reliable if he is to win the championship this season.
The Formula One supremo is backing Kimi Raikkonen to beat Michael Schumacher this year.
Vettel came out on top, giving Ferrari their first pole position since 2012 with a masterful lap around the floodlit Singaporean track.
The glass was half full for Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene after Sunday's Italian Grand Prix, even if Kimi Raikkonen filled it almost to the brim before sloshing the contents around.
The McLaren driver took the fight to Michael Schumacher with the top time in the first qualifying for Sunday's European GP.
The German driver can celebrate his 50th win for Ferrari on Sunday as the first Formula One driver to score 1,000 points.
Max Verstappen won Red Bull's home Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday while Lewis Hamilton suffered his first race retirement since 2016 and lost the Formula One championship lead to Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
Sebastian Vettel's hopes of vaulting back into the overall Formula One world championship lead were wrecked by a first corner collision on the opening lap of the Singapore Grand Prix.
Ferrari carry burden of history and expectation as they unveil 2022 car.
Formula One's first pre-season test ended in Jerez with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen fastest.
Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton clinched a record-extending 92nd career pole position in a Mercedes front-row lockout with team mate Valtteri Bottas at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday.
Sebastian Vettel cruised to a third straight Singapore Grand Prix victory on Sunday and moved closer to a fourth consecutive Formula One world title with a dominant drive under the floodlights at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
Sebastian Vettel's hopes of fighting champions Mercedes for victory in Sunday's Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix went up in smoke before the start when his Ferrari's engine blew on the formation lap.
The last time Kimi Raikkonen stood on top of a Formula One podium, Lewis Hamilton had just joined Mercedes with one championship to his name and Sebastian Vettel was riding high with Red Bull.
Diehard F1 followers dotted the hills around the Hungaroring.
Lewis Hamilton became the first Formula One driver to win 100 races with a victory in Russia that sent him back on top of the championship.
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