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Posted on Friday, May 9, 2014

Raikkonen: Important to have clean weekend

Kimi Raikkonen says that completing a clean race weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix will aid Ferrari as they bid to kick start their title challenge. Raikkonen is currently in 12th in the championship and has yet to finish a race her than seventh so far this season. But the Finn believes that Ferrari will eventually move up the grid as they understand the F14 T. "We have had a difficult start to the season, so we need to get things on track and fix […]

Posted on Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Allison hails 'extraordinary' Alonso

Ferrari chassis technical director James Allison has hailed the performances of Fernando Alonso as the team gears up for this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. Alonso claimed Ferrari's first podium of 2014 in China and Allison believes that both the Spaniard and team-mate Kimi Raikkonen are driving the team forwards. "With Fernando we’ve seen an extraordinary level of performance, scavenging every possible point at every possible opportunity," said Allison. "Kimi is working extremely well with the team, collaborating with the engineers, helping us to drive this […]

Posted on Monday, April 28, 2014

Opinion: Ferrari facing another long road ahead

“Being able to build the engine and chassis together is definitely a nice advantage for Ferrari. Other teams cannot do the same and this year, like never before, installing the new power unit in the car’s chassis will be a complex operation” – James Allison, Ferrari technical director, December 2013. The fact that after four races Ferrari has claimed one podium, has lost its team principal and is chasing Force India in the constructors’ championship is a damning indictment of one of only two teams […]

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Lopez 'surprised' by Raikkonen struggle

Kimi Raikkonen's last team boss says he is "surprised" the Finn is struggling so much at the wheel of his new F1 car. The 2007 world champion, who had returned to the sport with the Enstone team after a rallying sabbatical, switched to Ferrari for 2014 following a Lotus pay dispute. But while Raikkonen was highly competitive at the wheel of his black and gold car, the 34-year-old has struggled notably for pace now that he is back in red. Asked if Raikkonen's 2014 struggle […]

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2014

Driving style behind struggles - Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen has angrily dismissed questions about his motivation and insists that his driving style is behind his current struggles. Raikkonen could only finish in eighth place in China while team-mate Fernando Alonso notched up Ferrari's first podium finish of 2014. "It's probably more to do with driving style, plus the weather with the cold conditions and not getting the tyres working," he said of his problems. "Obviously if there was some issue then we would not be fast or happy with the new tyres, […]

Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2014

Alonso hopeful of fighting Red Bulls

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso says he hopes to be able to fight with the Red Bull drivers during Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix. Alonso set the fifth fastest time during wet conditions in qualifying but reckons he can challenge Red Bull duo Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel in the race. "I feel comfortable, obviously the car felt better than Bahrain and the steps we brought here confirmed the positive result," Alonso told Sky Sports. "We know its not enough but it’s a first step. Starting fifth […]

Posted on Friday, April 18, 2014

Raikkonen laments difficult day in China

Kimi Raikkonen was left to lament a difficult day after technical issues restricted his running in the Ferrari F14T. Raikkonen completed just an installation lap during the first practice session but returned to the circuit in the second session and set the seventh fastest time. "It was a difficult day, that began with a technical problem in the morning session, which meant I only did an installation lap," he said. "Once that was sorted out, in the afternoon, we tried to make up for lost […]

Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2014

Raikkonen: Domenicali exit won't change much

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen does not expect Stefano Domenicali's resignation from the team to change the fortunes of the squad. Domenicali stepped down as team principal with immediate effect on Monday and has since been replaced with Marco Mattiacci. Raikkonen says that he does not know his new boss, but isn't expecting Mattiacci to perform miracles. "I don't know him, we've probably met before," he said. "He will have great people around him and lots of people to help him, so I don't think there […]

Posted on Saturday, April 5, 2014

Alonso attributes Q3 deficit to power loss

Fernando Alonso says he was unable to set a competitive time during the final segment of qualifying due to a loss of power in his Ferrari F14T. Alonso was the slowest of the Q3 runners but will start from ninth on the grid due to Daniel Ricciardo's 10 place grid penalty. "We tried our best as usual today and now we need to wait for the car to come back from parc ferme to work out why there was a drop in power in Q3," […]

Posted on Friday, April 4, 2014

Uncomfortable Raikkonen laments difficult day

Kimi Raikkonen says that he was not comfortable with the Ferrari F14T across the two practice sessions for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Raikkonen was 14th quickest in the second practice session, having been sixth quickest during the opening practice session, in which he ran wide and briefly got some air. "Overall, this was a difficult day, because I didn’t feel comfortable with the car in either session," he said. "In the first one, I damaged the floor on the kerb at turn 4 and this […]

Posted on Thursday, April 3, 2014

Raikkonen: It is what it is

Kimi Raikkonen says he sees no point complaining about the current specification of Formula 1 and insists teams and drivers just have to maximise their potential. On the day when Ferrari revealed that 83% of fans polled were disappointed with the current format of the sport, Raikkonen says that there is no point complaining. "It makes no difference if we like it or not, as we do not make the rules," he said. "We cannot change it and it is what it is. Sometimes you […]

Posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Raikkonen: Ferrari must apply knowledge

Kimi Raikkonen says that Ferrari must apply what they have learned across the opening two races of 2014 into practice at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix. Raikkonen struggled in the season-opening race in Australia on his way to seventh but showed better pace across the weekend in Malaysia. The Finn's race was ultimately compromised by an early collision with Kevin Magnussen, from which Raikkonen could only recover to 12th place in his damaged F14T. "After testing in Bahrain in the winter, we now go back […]