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Raikkonen : P6 race result not important

 XPB Images Kimi Raikkonen ended his 2016 campaign with a sixth place finish following a race in which Ferrari's variations on tyre strategy gave Sebastian Vettel  an edge over the Finn. Ferrari brought both drivers in for a switch to soft tyres on lap 8 and 9 but then kept Vettel out longer which enabled Vettel to finish on the faster SuperSoft rubber. "For sure it was a better choice," said Raikkonen. "We should have stayed out, for sure, but we tried to put the two cars in different strategies, so it’s a bit easier when you are the car behind and you have the chance to jump somebody on the pit stops. Thereafter, Raikkonen progressively lost ground on his team...
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