Kimi Raikkonen finished fourth in the season opening Australian Grand Prix,, but left Melbourne wondering why his teammate Sebastian Vettel had a car for victory but he did not.
Speaking to media after the race, Raikkonen said, “It’s a bit disappointing where I finished but we know what we have to do. At least we finished, after quite a few years where we didn’t finish this race, but it’s obviously not the ideal start.
“This is not one hundred per cent what we wanted, but I take it. Even if it’s disappointing I’m pretty happy we understood quite a lot of things over the weekend. It came a little bit late yesterday but that’s how it goes sometimes.
“It’s one race out of many, we just need to put things where they should be and go from there. We have a strong package, it was a good race for the team, we won the first race, so we have a lot of good things and a foundation to build from.”
“I think already [in qualifying] we suffered a bit with understeer in the car and it was a similar story today on the first set of tyres. Once we put the soft tyres on, the car turned to be very good and I was very happy but, obviously, at that point we were pretty much in nowhere land.
“There was quite a bit of fuel saving too but I guess it was the same for everybody. Once I pushed the car was fast and I think already [[on Saturday] we understood what we are lacking. It was too late, we were a bit of a step behind after Friday and Saturday, and we ended up in this position.”
Asked if he felt that Ferrari are capable of one-two finishes in future races, the veteran Finn replied, “For sure it is, when we’ll put things in perfect order. It’s good for him [Sebastian Vettel], good for the team and, like I said, we have a good base, a good car, but there’s a lot to work on. It’s a long championship and we just have to see how it goes.”
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