Kimi Raikkonen was a victim of timing during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, as a drying track saw him drop from the top of the timing screens to 14th in a dramatic and action packed session at Hungaraoring.
Ferrari appeared to have good pace on the day, but when it mattered they again faltered and wwhen asled what happened Raikkonen admitted, “I don’t know… For sure it’s a shame where we ended up, because the car has been very good today even in the wet. Whatever the reasons were it makes no difference.”
“Our position is what it is right now and obviously doesn’t make it easy for the race, it’s not ideal for tomorrow but I’m sure we can work something out. First we have to make clean first few corners and go from there.”
“The speed is there, so it’s disappointing but what can we do now. We have to learn from things and improve for the next time.”
A torrential downpour before qualifying saw Q1 interrupted by four red flag stoppages, before the rain eased for the start of Q2 with a fast drying track prompting drivers to switch from intermediate to super-soft tyres.
Asked if he had a say on when to switch tyres, Raikkonen replied, “Obviously I can make the call but in that kind of conditions it was the team that made it, because they can see what the others are doing and decide what’s the best way to go.”
“Later you can say we should have done different, but it won’t change today’s result. We’ll have to do things better in the future.”
“The lap time was good when I did it, but a few seconds later it was not good anymore. It was getting drier and faster all the time, so it was one of those things that are part of the game. Sometimes you get it right, sometimes you don’t.”
“Today it was about timing, managing to finish the lap before the red flags and you cannot plan for those things. Sometimes you can a bit lucky, sometimes not – that’s how it goes,” added the veteran Finn who last won a grand prix for Ferrari in Belgium, back in 2009.
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