Kimi Raikkonen says he is happy with the one-year extension of his contract with Ferrari, as he considers his F1 future 'one season at a time'.
The Finn's resigning, which was announced yesterday, was widely expected and had actually been agreed to by both parties for some time.
"We started discussing it at a late stage and quickly agreed. It did not take long to think about it," Raikkonen said at a sponsor event in Helsinki.
"I have known about it for some time but only now read it in the newspaper."
It is believed Raikkonen's deal is a precursor to Ferrari also retaining its de-facto 'number 1' driver Sebastian Vettel for 2018.
"I would not have signed it if I wasn't enjoying it and I didn't have a good cooperation with the team and the people," he said.
The 2007 world champion insisted the fact that the contract was for one year only was of no importance and would have no bearing on his focus for the remainder of the current season.
"At this point it's good to take one season at a time," said the 37-year-old.
"It does not matter one way or another if there is another contract or not. I always try my best.
"Probably in a month's time they will begin speculating about the next one."
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