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Early Set-up Change Benefits Räikkönen in Azerbaijan Practice

Kimi Räikkönen says Scuderia Ferrari made the decision to switch the set-up on his SF71-H midway through the first session around the Baku Street Circuit, but despite it costing him valuable track time, he knew it was important to be prepared for the second session. The Finn completed only ten laps in the morning session in Azerbaijan before letting his mechanics change the set-up, and they were rewarded in the afternoon session by completing thirty-three laps and finishing second fastest, only 0.069 seconds behind pacesetter Daniel Ricciardo. “It was an okay day,” said Räikkönen. “It was not very easy to start with, so during the first practice we decided to switch to a...
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