Raikkonen not daunted by slow start to 2014 Kimi Raikkonen believes his experience in F1 means he is not concerned by his slow start to the season, especially after seeing Fernando Alonso score Ferraris first podium of 2014 in China. So far Raikkonens return to Ferrari has not gone quite as expected, with seventh in Australia his highest finish from the first four races. He has previously put his struggles down to driving style but is content with what he has managed to do with the car so far in tricky circumstances. Ive been here long enough to know this is how it goes sometimes, Raikkonen said. We all want to do better, we dont want to finish in these kind of positions but I would take this rather than nothing. Theres lots of work to do, weve not been happy with things all the time. One day has been good there, one day in another race, but things seem to have been pretty difficult overall. Once we get a bit more knowledge we can work things out but right now its not been the easiest races for me but thats how it goes. Raikkonens struggles have been a contrast to Alonsos form so far this year, with the Spaniard seemingly far happier behind the wheel of the F14 T. Alonso finished third in China and Raikkonen is using that as proof he can put right his early problems. We know we have improved things. We have improved every race. If we would take a look from Australia to [China], we have obviously made a lot of improvements. Sometimes its hard to see from the outside but we know ourselves. I was pretty happy with the car in Bahrain and in China we had some issues early on and couldnt run, which didnt help. It was a difficult weekend but at least I got three points. It is not what I want, but overall for the team it was a better weekend and it gives some good feeling to everyone because we have been working hard to improve things. We have not done as much as we want but Fernandos podium is good for us as a team. en.espnf1/ferrari/motorsport/story/155981.html?CMP=chrome
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 12:02:55 +0000
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