Lotus and Räikkönen want top three

After scoring a new podium at Hockenheim, his fourth of the season in nine Grands Prix contested with Lotus, Kimi Räikkönen arrives with confidence at the Hungaroring where he took second place during his last appearance in 2009 with the Team. The doubts concerning his potential at the start of the season after two years of absence already seem distant and the objectives of the Finn as well as his team have been revised upwards, his teammate Romain Grosjean also bringing back valuable points to the British team. “Maybe it took me a few test sessions or a few races to get to know everything, that obviously takes a little time when you join a new team but I think everything is in place now and that hasn't happened. not too bad so far. I don't think we were expected at this level at the start of the year. »

By occupying fourth place in the Championship, 12 points behind Sebastian Vettel, Iceman can hope to finish in the top three positions at the end of the season if he maintains the same level of performance. The situation is no more disadvantageous for its fourth team, just one point behind McLaren. “We are trying to evolve and we hope to succeed in order to enter the battle for the first three places. We are now in fourth place in the Drivers' and Manufacturers' Championships, we are tackling the races one after the other trying to score as many points as possible to help the team. She wants success as much as I do and we will do everything to achieve it. »