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Perez collision may have cost Raikkonen a likely win

Lotus reckoned that Kimi Raikkonen lost a quarter of a second per lap due to the damaged nose that he ran at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, which may have cost the Finn a potential victory. Raikkonen finished second at Shanghai, 10.1 seconds behind winner Fernando Alonso, running with the damage he incurred on lap 16 after colliding into the McLaren of Sergio Perez. It is estimated, with the aforementioned 0.25 second deficit, that the 2007 world champion lost 9.75 seconds due to the rearranged nose, which resulted in a bit too much understeer “destroying the front tyre”. 'Obviously the car is not designed like that otherwise we would use it all the time,' said Raikkonen who...
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