News Details

Raikkonen makes costly mistake while Grosjean shines

YEONGAM, South Korea, Oct 05, 2013 (AFP) - Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen admitted he made a mistake during qualifying Saturday for the Korean Grand Prix, leaving him only 10th fastest and outgunned by team-mate Romain Grosjean. The former world champion Raikkonen, who will make a high-profile switch to Ferrari next season, locked up at a turn, then repeated the error soon afterwards. "I made a mistake on my only set of new tyres in the final qualifying session," the straight-talking Finn said. "So my lap wasn't fast enough for a better position, which eventually meant I ended up 10th and will start from ninth position tomorrow (because of...
Full Story »
12y ago from F1Plus.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Massa says there are 'good opportunities'

YEONGAM, South Korea, Oct 03, 2013 (AFP) - Dumped Ferrari driver...
12y ago from F1Plus.com

Struggling Raikkonen hoping for improvement

Lotus F1 Team Kimi Raikkonen says a mistake on his hot lap in Q3 cost him...
12y ago from F1Zone.net

Raikkonen denies FP1 crash due to fading motivation

Raikkonen denies FP1 crash due to fading motivation 5 October, 2013 Kimi...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Hamilton fastest as Raikkonen crashes out

During the first free practice session of this weekend's Korean Grand...
12y ago from F1Technical.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez to undergo surgery following Le Mans...

Marc Marquez has revealed he will undergo surgery on both his shoulder...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Christian Lundgaard wins a wild IndyCar race on the...

The first event of the Month of May was a romp around the Indianapolis...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Sebastien Ogier’s Portuguese party continues

Saturday was the longest day of Rally de Portugal with nine stages and...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Come on you Irons' - Guardiola urges West Ham to slow...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has signalled West Ham to help slow...
10h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Video: Brentford denied clear penalty vs Manchester...

Manchester City got very lucky in today's 3-0 Premier League win over...
12h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Rodri injury 'more serious' than expected – big...

The Rodri injury reportedly seems worse than Manchester City initially...
15h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Merse: Can't see anything apart from Arsenal winning...

Paul Merson thinks Arsenal winning the league is done deal after...
18h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.