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Vasseur: I wanted to buy a guide dog for Raikkonen!

Article To news overview © Alfa Romeo Frederic Vasseur has said that he came very close to buying a guide dog for Kimi Raikkonen, after the Finn crashed out of the Portuguese GP. Raikkonen had been behind teammate Antonio Giovinazzi when he accidentally ran into the back of the Italian down the main straight at Portimao. He had been changing settings on his steering wheel in response to a radio call, and failed to notice how quickly he was closing in on the back of the other Alfa Romeo. "I was quite close to buying a dog for Kimi, or a stick!," joked Vasseur to media, including RacingNews365, on Friday in Spain when asked about the incident. "That's for sure. It's a shame...
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