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Raikkonen: Fifth position not a disaster

Scuderia Ferrari Kimi Raikkonen accepted an apology from Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel following a first lap collision before recovering to fifth place in China. Raikkonen adopted a wide line through Turn 1 but was clipped by Vettel, which sent him off track with a damaged front wing. Raikkonen was able to surge through the pack to collect fifth place and labelled his race as "not a disaster." "I have no idea of what happened at the start, I suddenly got hit and spun," he said. "I had a puncture in the left front tyre and a front wing damage, but I managed to get back to the pits. "Once I went back on track I found myself more or less in last position,...
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