Raikkonen frustrated with qualy display

Kimi Raikkonen has admitted he drove poorly in qualifying after he finished behind Williams’ Valtteri Bottas ahead of the Russian Grand Prix.

The Finn could have started in the front row after Lewis Hamilton encountered problems and Sebastian Vettel already preparing for a five-place penalty.

But Raikkonen fluffed his lines and qualified fourth, which will mean he’ll start third after Vettel’s penalty.

“I ran wide in the last corner but I’d been struggling all weekend to put any decent laps together,” he said.

“It was better in qualifying but I was still fighting with the fronts a bit in a few places.

“It was one of those days I think. The whole weekend I’ve been fighting with the set-up to find it and make the tyres work as we want.

“There’s been a few corners there I’ve been fighting all weekend. I think the last lap was pretty decent but in places it was not ideal.”

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