After two consecutive crushing wins for Kimi Raikkonen, it looked like Ferrari had the momentum going into the European Grand Prix and that McLaren would be under pressure to hang on to its championship lead. But then Fernando Alonso halted Ferrari’s run with his hard-earned victory, and with Raikkonen retiring, McLaren’s position appeared to be strengthened.
Expert analyst Mark Hughes examines the events of the Nurburgring, and the current balance of power in Ferrari and McLaren’s title fight.
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Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen has vowed that he has no intention of giving up following his bitter disappointment at the Nurburgring last weekend.
Raikkonen went into Sunday’s European Grand Prix in the best position possible having secured pole the day before. However it all went wrong for the Finn in the race and he eventually had to retire while in contention for the win due to hydraulic problems.
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July 18
Raikkonen came under the biggest pressure to show his worth after team boss Luca di Montezemlo said, “We are waiting for the real Kimi Raikkonen, the one everyone fears”. The president of Ferrari is paying Raikkonen a huge sum of money to deliver the goods, and so far he’s only doing reasonably well despite having the most wins so far in the season. It won’t go down to well at Marrenelo if Kimi doesn’t end the season crowned Champ. But im glad to say he answered that in the best way possible, by clinching two consecutive wins at France and Britain.
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Forget the Fernando/Lewis thing; the real dynamic right now is how young Felipe will deal with a newly-awakened Kimi-Matias Raikkonen. It is almost as if Kimi has been asleep for the past few months and is now rubbing his eyes and seeing what’s what. For this reason, Felipe looks a little confused. He’s used to being quicker than Kimi in qualifying and out-racing him to the flag.
He achieved half of that in France, and blamed “traffic” for the bit that didn’t work out – but at Silverstone he was way out on both counts. On coldish tyres on Friday and Saturday morning, there’s no doubt that Kimi was the quicker Ferrari driver. And that had an impact on Q3, of course.
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Kimi Raikkonen kept Ferrari on the top spot during the third and final day of testing at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit on Thursday. Raikkonen clocked a quickest lap of 1m 47.042s around the Belgian circuit, finishing over two-tenths faster than the second-placed BMW Sauber of Robert Kubica.
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