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Raikkonen at a loss to explain Ferrari pace variations

 XPB Images Kimi Raikkonen's US Grand Prix ended after 39 laps when the Ferrari driver was forced to call it a day through no fault of his own. Raikkonen was enjoying a solid, although uneventful, run in the top 5 when a pit stop blunder sealed his fate during his third stop of the afternoon. The Finn pulled away too quickly after changing to Soft tyres but in the process yanked a tyre gun off a rear wheel, damaging the car's nut and stub assembly. Raikkonen stopped at the exit of the pitlane and rolled his car back down the slope and onto the pit complex where he retired. The mishap not only put the Finn out of the race, it also earned the Scuderia a 5,000 fine for unsafe...
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