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Sebastien
Loeb has praised Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen's performance after
the Finn made his World Rally Championship debut at the weekend.
29-year-old
Raikkonen ultimately crashed out of the event with a spectacular
roll into a ditch, but he was classified 15th overall and was
running third in his class at the time.
"I
think he did really well," Frenchman Loeb, a multiple WRC
champion and second overall in Finland, said. "He was about
one second per kilometre from Hanninen and the other best drivers
and in Finland that is a very good performance," he added.
Rally
winner Mikko Hirvonen added: "I have the same thoughts as
Sebastien; I think he did really well, considering he has only
ever done two rallies with pace notes. He was setting really good
times."
Hirvonen's
Ford teammate Jari-Matti Latvala finished Rally Finland third and
said of Raikkonen: "I agree, he did really well considering
his lack of experience. Okay, he went off the road, but even I had
a little moment in the same place. It is not an easy corner, and
these things can happen."
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