Kimi Raikkonen disappointed after missing out on front row start
Kimi Raikkonen outqualified Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel in third place in China - but the Finn admitted he was frustrated after making a mistake on his final run.
After the first set of runs, he had actually been fastest, ahead of Nico Rosberg.
“I decided to go out again and it was a good lap,” he said. “Until, I think, Turn 14, the end of the back straight, the hairpin. I almost ran off the circuit there. Not ideal, but that’s how it is.
“I mean even the previous run, same corner I ran really deep, too deep, and in the last one I was quite a bit up on that lap and I just ran wide on the hairpin, and obviously I lost a lot of time. It’s a shame, I think we had a chance to be even on the top today, but that’s how it goes and we try to make the best out of it tomorrow.”
Typically, Kimi did not want to make any predictions for Sunday's race: “I'm not going to start guessing or anything. Quite disappointed about what happened in qualifying, but third is not a bad place to start. On the better side, still.
“We have to make a normal good start and go from there - obviously then see how it pans out. I’m sure the circuit is not in ideal conditions today after the rain. Hopefully tomorrow it is more close to what it was yesterday. But who knows? We’ll try to make the fastest race and see what it brings, if we can fight against the guys that are in front of us or not, we will see.”
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