Finn fully expects to race in Korea.
Monday 2 July 2018 15:32, UK
"I wouldn't be here if I wouldn't be racing - it would be a bit pointless to come here if it wouldn't mean that I will race," said the Finn at the Korean International Circuit on Thursday. "But obviously tomorrow we'll see.
"Right now it's no problem. It's always difficult to say, until we drive and try our hardest. But I think it should be okay."
Raikkonen overcame the pain to finish third in the Singapore Grand Prix but said it was nothing new. He has suffered on and off since a testing crash during his maiden F1 season at Sauber in 2001.
"It wasn't the first time and it isn't going to be the last time," the 33-year-old said. "I've dealt with it for a long, long time. Sometimes it's fine, sometimes not so.
"Every year I have been racing and sometimes I have to deal with the pain. Obviously every year you get older, it always seems to come up with more issues."
Raikkonen came through the field from 13th on the grid at Marina Bay in a race dominated by Sebastian Vettel.
The World Champion's win was his third in a row but Raikkonen, who won in Abu Dhabi last year, still thinks victory is possible with six races to go.
He also reckons that, unlike Red Bull, Lotus have been one of the teams to lose out since Pirelli introduced a new tyre in for safety reasons in Hungary.
"We've beaten them before this season and I'm sure there's hopefully a chance to beat them later again. They've obviously been pretty strong in the last few races," Raikkonen said.
He added: "They've been strong all year I would say. For sure, there have been some races where they probably were not as strong as people expected.
"Lately they've been very strong but hopefully with the coming, more normal, circuits it will help us a little bit.
"For myself, I'd rather use the old tyres, they were more for my liking. Not really in the race but for one lap it seemed to be what I wanted.
"It's obviously not ideal to change them but one of those things. It doesn't really matter what you like or what you want, because it's not going to usually happen.
"We're trying different things on the car and hopefully we'll get it back more to where we were at the beginning of the year."
