Difficult to accept for Räikkönen

Since 2013 and a last success in Australia, Kimi Räikkönen running after a victory in F1. This Sunday in Spain, the Finn was very close to signing a 21st career success, but the driver Ferrari stumbled on the Red Bull from Dutch Max Verstappen, winner for the first time in his young career.

If Iceman recognized the best work done by Red Bull, he expected better. “It’s always disappointing when you don’t win, underlines the Ferrari driver. But when you're close, so close, and you don't win, it's more difficult to accept. »

The 2007 world champion believes that with the abandonment of Mercedes, Ferrari missed a good opportunity to win. “We had a pretty tough weekend. After yesterday, if these second and third places had been offered to us, we would have been happy to take them. But with what happened in the first lap with Mercedes and everything else, to be there, having had the speed, but not being able to really fight or try to pass, it's not ideal, but I'll take the points.

We have regained some points on Mercedes and in the Drivers' championship, too. So we have to be happy, even though we always want more and we want to put the Ferrari where it needs to be at the top position. »

The Ferrari drivers were unable to fulfill the wishes of Sergio Marchionne, president of the Italian brand, who was hoping for a victory from this Grand Prix.

Find the report and analysis of the Spanish Grand Prix, produced by our special correspondents in Barcelona, ​​in AUTO issue 2063hebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version, and from this Wednesday on newsstands.