Arrivabene: “Kimi has shown that he is a racing animal”

Arrive well – A second place and a fifth place is Ferrari's final result in the Bahrain Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen was the author of a beautiful comeback which led him to overtake Nico Rosberg with two laps to go. The Finn finished his race 3 seconds behind winner Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes. Fifth position for Sebastian Vettel, who tried for a long time to overtake Valtteri Bottas' Williams without ever having a chance to attack. The protagonists of the Formula 1 Circus now await a three-week break which will precede the first European stage of the 2015 World Championship on the Barcelona circuit.

Maurice Arrivabene: “I'm really happy for Kimi, today I can officially say that he is "back". He proved to be a racing animal, perhaps if he had had a few more laps... And I'm happy for the team, because he did a good job. Sebastian made a couple of mistakes today, one of them at the start, which forced us to change our strategy in his case, while with Kimi we followed the plan. At a certain point he wasn't entirely convinced, but he showed great discipline in following the instructions from the garage. As for Seb, it's true that he made a mistake, otherwise we would have had two riders on the podium, but after all we are human beings. He is a fantastic rider and let's not forget what he has done so far. I want to thank all the people in Maranello who were able to work not only on the development of the engine, but on every single part of the car, achieving in three months what would normally have taken six. I can't know if we will catch up with the Mercedes, but I certainly like the idea of ​​being able to put pressure on them. Today we were aware of the gap between us and them and for this reason we chose an aggressive strategy, but it must be said that compared to the endurance tests on Friday, where we did very well, today the temperature was much lower and we had to adapt accordingly ”.