Räikkönen saves Ferrari weekend

Kimi Räikkönen brought smiles back to the Team Ferrari by securing second place at the Bahrain Grand Prix. While Sebastian Vettel broke his engine on the formation lap, the 2007 world champion took advantage of the catastrophic start of Lewis Hamilton to move up to second place.

“This result is not bad but I missed my start and quickly fell behind Nico”, explained Iceman. “I tried everything to catch him, but we were not competitive enough to challenge for the lead of the race even if we were performing well. We still have to progress. »

This is the fifth time that Kimi Räikkönen has taken second place in this event. “Some circuits work for us, that’s how it is. The bad point of the weekend is the abandonment of Vettel for the team », added the Finn who finds himself in fourth place in the Championship, six points behind Daniel Ricciardo.

Discover the analysis of the Bahrain Grand Prix carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2057 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.