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Kimi sets new F1 record despite P16 finish

Kimi Raikkonen has made a low-key start to the 2020 F1 season – but at the Hungarian Grand Prix he claimed a new outright record in the sport. He will not care for it, of course. Kimi is not one for stats. But he raised one particular bar even with a lowly P16 at the Hungaroring, a lap down on winner Lewis Hamilton. By completing the grand prix in his Alfa Romeo, Raikkonen has now finished more races than any other driver in F1 history. His tally of 246 races in which he has got to the chequered flag put the Finn one ahead of Fernando Alonso, who has started four times fewer. Alonso, of course, will return to F1 with the Renault team in 2021 and so could potentially claim the ‘races...
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