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Raikkonen rues traffic for losing pole shootout to Vettel
Kimi Raikkonen has blamed traffic for slowing up his final qualifying lap during the pole position battle at the Bahrain Grand Prix by losing out to Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel by less than one-tenth of a second. Raikkonen had held provisional pole position after the opening runs in Q3, having previously displayed impressive pace by topping the second and third free practice session in Bahrain. The Finnish driver lined up as the last of the pole position contenders to complete his final qualifying lap but failed to beat Vettel’s 1m 27.958s by just 0.063s which left him second on the grid. Despite helping Ferrari secured its first front row lockout in Bahrain since 2006, Raikkonen...
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