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Kimi Raikkonen: Third place ‘not a disaster’
Kimi Raikkonen says third place on the grid for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is “not a disaster”, despite his large deficit to pole sitter Lewis Hamilton. Raikkonen finished 1.100s behind Hamilton during qualifying at the Baku City Circuit but emerged as the lead non-Mercedes driver, edging Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel. Raikkonen pointed to the difficulty of warming up Pirelli’s Supersoft tyre over one-lap as the biggest challenge, believing Ferrari can mount a closer challenge in race trim. “The whole weekend has been about making the tyres work well and today we struggled a bit more than yesterday,” said Raikkonen. “If you can get them working 100...
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