News Details

Raikkonen fights off pain to get on podium

Kimi Raikkonen's participation in the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday had been in doubt due to a back injury that affected him badly in qualifying, but the Finn sliced his way through the field in the latter half of the race to move up from tenth to a podium finish. The Lotus driver had qualified 13th on Saturday but managed to finish third, making up ten places from the start despite the discomfort. 'Luckily not too much (pain during the race) but now, afterwards, it's not 100 percent but I have time to rest and get it right,' he said. 'Third place -- we could not have expected any more.'
Full Story »
11y ago from F1Pulse.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Back injury puts Raikkonen's Singapore GP in doubt

Kimi Raikkonen is determined to race in Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix...
11y ago from F1Pulse.com

Back injury almost sidelines Raikkonen in Singapore

Back injury almost sidelines Raikkonen in Singapore 21 September, 2013...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Raikkonen eager to race despite back pain

Lotus F1 Team Kimi Raikkonen says he will try and take part in the...
11y ago from F1Zone.net

Qualifying a pain in the back for Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen vowed to be on the Singapore Grand Prix starting grid...
11y ago from SuperSport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Will Power leads Team Penske to IndyCar pole at Gateway

World Wide Technology Raceway was the site of qualifying on Saturday...

IndyCar Gateway – Qualifying Results

The first short oval race of the season is on tap this weekend, and a...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Newgarden tops rain-affected IndyCar practice from...

IndyCar finally was able to complete its first practice session of the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal switch attention towards 'terrific player'...

Arsenal are now looking at Ollie Watkins as a potential target after...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Serious offer incoming from Arsenal: Gunners could...

Arsenal have been linked with a move for the Real Madrid attacker Brahim...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal's stance on Myles Lewis-Skelly's future at the...

Arsenal are hoping to sign a contract extension with Myles Lewis-Skelly...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal will look to sign Premier League striker if...

Arsenal will reportedly turn their attention towards Aston Villa striker...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.