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Kimi
Raikkonen blamed the early end to development of the Ferrari F60
for his poor qualifying performance for the Singapore Grand Prix
after managing only 13th.
Ferrari
opted to cease development on the F60 several in order to
concentrate on its 2010 car, and with most teams bringing upgrade
packages to Singapore, the 2007 world champion believes a slip in
form was inevitable.
"It's
logical that, as other cars improve race after race, we pay a
higher price for our decision to stop developing the F60,"
said the Finn. "Unfortunately, today we were just not quick
enough to get into Q3 and there was not much we could do about
it."
Raikkonen
is hoping for a good start and an incident-packed race to allow
the team to pick up some valuable points as it fights for third in
the Constructors' Championship.
"Tomorrow,
we can expect a tough race as it is very difficult to overtake
here, so getting into the points will be very difficult. It's true
that anything can happen on a track like this and we will have to
do our best to make the most of every opportunity, maybe getting
some help through a good start as we have usually managed in the
last few races."
Team
principal Stefano Domenicali has targeted a points finish, citing
the teams strong reliability record as a major strong point.
"What really matters is the race result, where reliability is
always the key factor, especially in a race that looks like being
very tough and where all sorts of things could happen. Clearly, we
will be trying to fight our way towards the front, which means it
will be difficult to reach our minimum target of finishing in the
top eight."
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