were you sleeping? they should and will pay him next years salary in full. Thats the agreement b'ween them. kimi is happy about it. Initially ferrari had signed with alonso for 2011 and thats when the whole rumour of alonso to ferrari started. the presses guessed it right and they said its from 2011, but they continued to speculate the issue and said it could be 2010. After this 2008 'crashgate' scandal, Alonso would've told ferrari that he doesnt want to drive for Renault next season and asked to prepone his arrival. Until this point ferrari were happy with raikkonen and didnt think of replacing him before his contract ends at 2010. But considering alonso's situation, where he cant get a driver seat for one year alone in any of the front runners, ferrari were forced to request raikkonen to consider mutual cancellation of agreement for 2010, for which he would get his agreed 2010 salary of 20million. Kimi has been a gentleman and though it appears that ferrari have let down him, they are actually giving the two time world champion alonso a life. Obviously Kimi can be proud about it and he should be happy as well to take 20 million just because it was written 3 yrs ago. Imagine if he lands a driver seat at any top teams. He will have double earnings on 2010. This situation though appear to be one sided, will benefit all the three parties.
