However it’s doubtful that consistently starting a place or two higher up the grid would have made a massive difference to Raikkonen’s season.
Raikkonen did have some good Saturdays though, notably at Circuit de Catalunya, where he took advantage of the opportunity to out-qualify one of the Renaults. Consistently improving team mate Antonio Giovinazzi narrowly won the Saturday contest between the pair and was clearly the quicker by the end of the season. Qualifying was, again, not the strongest area of his game. Raikkonen took the chequered flag outside the top 10 more often than any other driver: 14 times in the 17-race championship. He’s had a phenomenal career and obviously, still competitive in his 40s.Unfortunately for him the car, hamstrung by its Ferrari power unit, was seldom capable of delivering points finishes.
He’s had a remarkable career he’s an icon of the sport it’s more of a case of what he doesn’t say than what he does say but I think he’s going to be greatly missed.
“We’d had some discussions, but it didn’t quite come to play. Kimi, after his comeback from his sabbatical, he’d obviously had a relationship with Red Bull during his rallying time and the beginning of his career,” said Horner. “Yes, we had some talks with Kimi, you know, back when there was a choice to who to replace Mark Webber. READ MORE: ‘I’d always be Kimi in computer games’ – Hamilton leads tributes to Raikkonen after Finn announces retirement Red Bull Team Principal Horner said discussions for Raikkonen to join his team in 2014 fell short, however.
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