No 'negotiations' with Raikkonen yet - Brown

Zak Brown says McLaren has not yet opened contract talks with former team driver Kimi Raikkonen.

It is rumoured in the paddock that Fernando Alonso could quit Formula 1 or the beleaguered British team at the end of the year.

'We did not negotiate'

Daniel Ricciardo and now Raikkonen have been linked with the seat.

READ: Raikkonen hints he wants 2019 deal

"We did not negotiate with Kimi. He's a very good driver. The summer is now underway, so there's a lot of options out there, but we keep them to our self," McLaren executive Brown told Finland's C More.

Certainly Kimi is a world champion and he won many races for us. If he is available, you'd be a fool to ignore it," Brown added.