News Details

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,...
Full Story »
9y ago from F1Zone.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Raikkonen 'just made the best of it' after T1 clash

 XPB Images Starting the 2016 Chinese GP from third place on...
9y ago from F1i.com

Hamilton: 'The car was like a four-poster bed today'

Lewis Hamilton likened his Mercedes' handling to a four-poster bed...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Raikkonen claims early crash wasn't a disaster

Qualifying in P3 ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, Ferrari driver Kimi...
9y ago from PlanetF1.com

Rosberg downplays advantage over Ferrari

Mercedes AMG Petronas Nico Rosberg downplayed his advantage over the...
9y ago from F1Zone.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Francesco Bagnaia rediscovers his ‘feeling' on...

Francesco Bagania has admitted he's rediscovered his feeling with the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

McLaren eyes Fernando Alonso reunion to complete...

Zak Brown has said he will "continue to bug" Fernando Alonso to...

Arrow McLaren unveils liveries for 2026 IndyCar...

Arrow McLaren has taken the wraps off its trio of challengers for the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Paul Merson predicts Brentford vs Arsenal and other...

That was an incredible end to Liverpool vs Manchester City in the Premier...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Martin Keown shares theory on why Man City winning...

Former Arsenal centre-back Martin Keown explained why Manchester City's...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 680 – 09.02.2026

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
8h ago from Arseblog.com

“How they feel is how they feel” - Marc Guehi...

Manchester City centre-back Marc Guehi shared his thoughts about getting...
11h 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.