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Raikkonen relieved to survive a day of 'too many close calls'
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was relieved to finish the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in second place behind winner Lewis Hamilton after enduring an afternoon of close calls and near misses. The Finn's trials and tribulations began even before the race got underway when he got caught out by a gust of wind and nearly crashed on his way to the grid. Then on the opening lap, he fought Force India's Esteban Ocon for the same piece of tarmac and was to escape the encounter intact while the Frenchman was left to retire on the spot. But after the race, Raikkonen also revealed that he survived a massive brush with the walls in the late stages of the chaotic race. "On the first lap after the re-start,...
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