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Raikkonen 11th on pure pace

Kimi Raikkonen said 11th place in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix was a fair reflection of the Lotus pace this weekend. With both Raikkonen and team-mate Romain Grosjean dropping out in Q2 it is the first time that Lotus doesn't have a car in the top ten this season. However, Raikkonen said he wasn't surprised by the result of qualifying as Lotus was just not quick enough on a low-downforce track to qualify much higher. "That's our speed," Raikkonen said. "I was expecting to have a difficult weekend anyhow; it was last year and this has not been much better. It's just that when we have to take a lot of front wing out and run this kind of configuration it's not very...
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