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Kimi
Raikkonen blamed his poor start at the Turkish Grand Prix for his
failure to finish in the points in Istanbul on Sunday. The Ferrari
driver started from sixth but dropped down the order at the first
corner.
He
then hit Fernando Alonso, damaging his front wing, which made his
car hard to drive until he pitted for the first time to replace
it. The Finn went on to finish in ninth, 50 seconds behind race
winner Jenson Button.
He
told the BBC: "I got a very bad start and then ended
up fighting with the guys in the first few corners and ran a
little bit wide in the back of, I think, corner nine then touched
Fernando's rear wheel when I tried to pass him on the end of the
straight, so I broke the front wing a bit. After that it was a bit
difficult. The car was OK after we changed the front wing and the
tyres - the end of the second stint and the last stint was fine
– but it was too late. With a better start I think we could
easily have got one or two points, but that's how it goes."
Raikkonen
believes Ferrari, winner in Turkey for the last three years,
should be stronger at the British Grand Prix. "It's a
different place again. Usually the car has been quite strong there,"
he added. "We're going to get something new again for
Silverstone so it definitely has improved but here I think was
more difficult than in the previous race and it just depends on
where you go, which kind of circuit it is."
Team-mate
Felipe Massa was unable to score his fourth consecutive win in
Turkey, the Brazilian having to settle for a distant sixth.
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