F1 | Raikkonen: “I'm not 100% satisfied but I gave the best I could”

Half satisfaction that for Kimi Raikkonen that in the qualifications of the United States Grand Prix he fought a bit with bad luck: the Finn, in fact, scored the same time as Daniel Ricciardo, precise to the thousandth, but will start behind him because the Australian of Red Bull he did his time trial first. Furthermore, the time of the number 7 was just 1 cent slower than Bottas. In short, a fifth time that could easily have been a third. In the end Raikkonen will have to settle for starting from third row and hope for an excellent sprint to gain immediately at the first corner.

"Obviously I'm not totally satisfied of qualifying, when you're fifth you certainly can't be, but we gave our best, the best of everything this weekend. However, I will be on the clean side of the grid and this will allow me to focus a lot on the start. Yes, there was potential but it was difficult to do in some sectors very windy and difficult. In the end I have to settle,” he commented at the checkered flag. And the Forecasts what will they say about time? “The picture is not yet clear, whatever the conditions will be, they will be clear for everyone,” continued Raikkonen.

La Ferrari, especially with Vettel, managed to improve a little in those areas in which it didn't shine, even if it completely reversed the performance of the Friday: “I think we weren't in bad shape and you could see it in the various partials, we suffered a bit too much in finding the right balance and this made us waste time without being able to put together a good lap”, concluded the 2007 World Champion, who yesterday celebrated his anniversary as World Champion.

Fabiola Granier