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Raikonnen made pit call

Kimi Raikonnen and not Ferrari made the decision to come into the pits early and change to intermediate tyres at Sunday's British Grand Prix. The Finn, who pitted five laps before Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, was forced to pit again nine laps later as his inters had been worn out after driving on a barely wet circuit. Speaking to Sky, Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene confirmed that Raikonnen had made the call, but unlike Vettel, he had misjudged the conditions at that point in the race. 'I feel happy because once again, Seb made the perfect call to come into the pits, and then drove superbly to open the gap to the Williams cars,' said Arrivabene. 'The strategy guys do a...
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