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Kimi
Raikkonen is sure that his Ferrari team will respond in a calm
manner to their disastrous British Grand Prix, as they bid to hit
back in Hockenheim next weekend.
Ferrari's
hopes of victory at Silverstone were dashed when the team opted to
keep both their drivers on used wet rubber at their first stops.
With rain falling, the tyres were not as good as new wets and, as
Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa struggled to keep their cars on
the track, the way was left clear for Lewis Hamilton to take a
dominant victory.
Although
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has called on the team to
end their 'stupid' mistakes if they are to win the title,
Raikkonen is sure that all is not as bad as some think.
"The
five points and the fact that I'm leading the standings with
Felipe and Lewis give me satisfaction nevertheless,"
Raikkonen told the Ferrari official website about his recovery to
finish fourth at Silverstone. "If I'm in such a position
after four races, where everything happened, my confidence can
only be strengthened."
"Now
we are looking ahead to the next race and react without panic. We
know that we have a winning car: we just need a weekend without
big problems. As of today we are at Hockenheim for two days of
testing, with Felipe, who'll be on the track on Thursday. It's my
first race with Ferrari on this track, so it's a new experience
for me. I'd say that we'll be competitive, because the F2008 has
demonstrated to be competitive wherever we are. So we can fight
back."
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