Räikkönen continues in the 2nd chain

Räikkönen continues in the 2nd chain 

F1 | Turun Sanomat 12.5.2013 23:41 

Kimi Räikkönen is the only driver who has got up on the podium already four times during this F1-season. In Spain Kimi made a hattrick with 2nd positions by scoring once again 18 points like in China and in Bahrain. 

Räikkönen has now 36 points more than he had a year ago. Now he is only four points behind leading Sebastian Vettel. 

Disappointment shines from Kimi's face every time the man climbs out of his car as 2nd.

– I would want to win every time when going to a race. I'm here to win races and conquer the championship, not to make the chain of second positions longer. Fortunately we at least caught up with Vettel a little, even by coming in as second, Räikkönen said. 

Alonso's speed compelling 

Räikkönen was charged to take a strong start but it didn't go according to plans. Alonso proved Ferrari's competitiveness by driving past Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton outside the track. 

Räikkönen was on a 3-stop strategy whereas Alonso and the other leading men had a 4-stop strategy.

– It was the fastest strategy for us. Maybe we could had gone faster all the time with more pitstops, but I still don't believe that the result would had changed. We deserved 2nd position, not the victory. 

Did you at any point believe that you could challenge Alonso for the victory? 

– Perhaps in the middle of the race when I was leading. We had used tires whereas he had new tires. It's not easy to overtake, but there was nothing I could do. I knew that I could somehow stay behind him with used tires, maybe even get a chance although I had already been left behind. 

– Alonso was just too quick. He got a good start from the outside. I don't think that it sealed the endresult, but we raced the race differently and our way was not the winning way, Räikkönen said. 

Turun Sanomat, Barcelona 
HEIKKI KULTA 

Facts 

Podiums of all times 

155 Michael Schumacher 
106 Alain Prost 
89 Fernando Alonso 
80 Ayrton Senna 
73 Kimi Räikkönen 
68 Rubens Barrichello 
62 David Coulthard

Fonte: Turun Sanomat / Tradução para o Inglês: Nicole

É triste ler isto e notar o desapontamento de Kimi. Eu vejo esta vice-liderança de uma forma tão importante (como falei hoje neste post) e ele, embora saiba que ela representa o mesmo, está desanimado porque algo no seu carro ainda não lhe permite disputar com Vettel e Alonso pelas vitórias de igual para igual. Por mais que ele tente, que ele lute, não dá. E isto realmente me corta o coração e me faz o ver cada vez mais distante de onde ele se encontra agora. :(

E ao mesmo tempo dá orgulho em ver que Kimi sabe reconhecer que o adversário (neste caso Alonso) foi superior ao dizer que eles (da Lotus), mereciam o segundo lugar e não a vitória.

Beijinhos, Ludy

Comentários

Carlos disse…
Além de uma melhora geral, a Lotus precisa também 'dar uma coça' nos mecanicos responsaveis pelo pit stop. Desde o ano passado o desempenho da equipe nesse sentido tem deixado a desejar, guardando as devidas proporção. Não é de hoje que o Kimi tem perdeido posições nas trocas - não mudaria o resultado final, mas mais hora menos hora, pode ser crucial.
Esta questão dos pits é delicada mesmo Carlos, concordo.

bjs, Ludy

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