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Raikkonen with ‘not much to lose’ starting on ultrasofts

Kimi Raikkonen accepts he and Ferrari have nothing to lose and everything to gain with the strategy call to start him on the ultrasoft tyres for the United States Grand Prix. In Q2 the Finnish driver set his fastest lap time on the softest compound tyres meaning he’ll start the race on the ultrasofts in contrast to his front-running rivals who all start on the more durable but slower supersofts. 5774263478001 CrashTV:  The race strategy theory would assume Raikkonen will target the lead in the opening stages using the faster compound to help disrupt Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas with teammate Sebastian Vettel starting from fifth place following his grid penalty....
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