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Kimi
Raikkonen believes Robert Kubica and BMW Sauber cannot be ruled
out as realistic championship contenders in 2008, following the
Pole's breakthrough maiden victory in Canada on Sunday.
The
Ferrari driver, who was taken out of the race in a pitlane
incident when Lewis Hamilton failed to stop for a red light,
believes that while BMW may not have the fastest car in the field,
their consistency has made them a threat to his hopes of retaining
the title.
"They
are scoring points all the time," said Raikkonen of BMW.
"Nobody can count them out. Kubica is five points ahead of
Lewis and Massa and seven ahead of me."
Asked
what he thought of Kubica leading the championship, the Finn
replied: "We've seen that they've been fast all year, more or
less there all the time.
"Now
they finish one and two, when things go wrong with the guys at the
front, it gives them a nice lead. I think with our car we should
be able to win races and come back. It's still early in the season,
and we're not in the strongest position right now, but we just
need to start winning races again."
Raikkonen
has now dropped to fourth in the championship after two non-scored
races in Monaco and Canada. The Finn trails Kubica by seven points.
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