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Raikkonen struggling to explain reason for poor start

Kimi Raikkonen struggled to explain his start-line stall in the Italian Grand Prix, which left him last in the run to the first corner after qualifying on the front row. "I've had nothing like that before. One of those things," Raikkonen said. "It's not ideal...after 30 seconds we are last. But after then the race was OK, the race was good apart from the [start] issue...It's fine to get back to fifth...but it's a bit disappointing, not the first time unfortunately to be disappointed after a race weekend." The Finn also noted that the team's telemetry data suggested the stall was his own error, but that he didn't think he did anything...
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