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Raikkonen admits he “threw away” chance of pole

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen believes he could have beaten teammate Sebastian Vettel to pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix, but for a mistake under braking for the chicane. Raikkonen qualified 0.168s slower than pole-winner Vettel, and rued a big moment at the Turn 6 chicane. “Actually not too good,” said Raikkonen of his fastest lap. “I mean, the start was good, and the end was not too bad, but in the chicane I braked on the outside kerb and got loose and really threw it away there. “It was decent enough still for second place, but it’s a bit disappointing, I felt I had it, but I couldn’t really finish it. “You try to always find a better way of driving, so it’s very...
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