Kimi Raikkonen has conceded that any hope he had of defending his world title has evaporated after his disastrous Singapore Grand Prix.
The Ferrari star finished outside the points for his fourth consecutive race after ramming his car into the barriers with just four laps left when he was in fifth.
The finish leaves the Finn 27 points adrift of leader Lewis Hamilton with three races to go.
“It was a pretty small chance anyhow,” he said of his title chances.
“I’m not sad for my fifth place but I’m sorry for the team to lose those points. But for sure we’ll try to do better next race.”
Raikkonen has not won a race since the Spanish Grand Prix in April and the last time he scored any championship points was at Germany in July, when he finished sixth.
But his position at Ferrari is guaranteed after signing a new contract and he vowed to do all he could to help the team win the constructors’ title.
“I am not used to giving up and I will do my very best to try and help the team reach its targets,” he told reporters.
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