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Lotus acknowledge race strategy error

Lotus' Kimi Räikkönen set a new record for consecutive Grand Prix points placings [25] by taking fifth position in an eventful British Grand Prix at Silverstone today. The Finn ran as high as second place in a race punctuated by safety car periods and characterised by an unusual amount of tyre failures. Teammate Romain Grosjean retired late in the race. Romain Grosjean had a front wing failure leading to his retirement. Raikkonen started from P8 with a used set of medium tyres, changing to new hard tyres on laps 11 and 29. Grosjean started from P7 on a used set of medium tyres, changing to new hards on lap 9, scrubbed hards on lap 30 and new mediums on lap 42. Kimi Räikkönen, P5,...
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