Raikkonen claims Alfa Romeo have more to show
Raikkonen claims Alfa Romeo have more to show
Kimi Raikkonen believes that Alfa Romeo can be content with their performances so far in the 2019 championship, but believes that can gain even better results on raceday if they can sort the issues they have been having in practice sessions.
The Finn has finished within the points in each of the first three races so far in Australia, Bahrain, and China, but it hasn’t been a totally smooth journey for Alfa Romeo as their practice has been interrupted on more than one occasion so far.
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In Bahrain, both he and team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi had a cooling fault, while in China the latter lost practice time due to an engine installation problem.
Raikkonen is keen for the issues to be solved so the team can reach its potential.
"Generally I think in the races we have been good but we started a bit far from our speed in my view," Raikkonen told Motorsport.com.
"We need to tidy up on Saturdays and overall the weekend, in practice, and make sure everything gets absolutely right. Then I think we can be more forward, because I think we have the speed. You try to catch up all race because you start behind."
The former world champion admits that even though he is currently ‘best of the rest’ in the driver’s championship in seventh, he always wants better performances.
"You always want more," he added.
"This I what we got, and happy or not – it doesn't change anything. If we could maximise everything over the weekend we could have got more."
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