 He took part in a test session at the Circuito de Jerez before 25 FIA commission members for performance analysis in December 2000.Räikkönen was granted a super licence by a vote of 24 to 1 at a FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting on 7 December.At the front of the field, the press considered the 2000 champion Michael Schumacher for Ferrari the favourite to take his fourth World Drivers' Championship.