Kimi Raikkonen drove the Australian GP practice sessions almost at the same time as Sebastian Vettel, but this is not yet Finnish veteran convinced.Video: Expert Jyrki lake grove anticipates the future through the evening press F1 in the studio.
a new employer, Alfa romeo’s F1-the garage is loaded during the winter months the high expectations. Team leader spoke about the autumn onwards, that the goal is to get last season’s eighth place, even the manufacturers of MM-oodi.
the Enthusiasm grew further when the garage presented the winter tests in the Simone Remain designed by C38-car, which was not only impressive also fast and well driven – at least the test of the first week.
the Season-opening race, the Australian grand prix the first day of rehearsal Raikkonen clocked others in the free practice all set the sixth fastest time. He lost to the fastest speed vedollaan ex-team mate Sebastian Vettel only 0,099 seconds and hit another Ferrari-driver’s Charles Leclerc 0,182 seconds. The second Alfa Romeo -the driver Antonio Giovinazzo , meanwhile, remained the best vedollaan Raikkonen time 0,721 seconds.
Exercises are known to be just exercises, but many of you know that already inspire Raikkonen faster workout bets.
– Vettel and Raikkonen by 0.1 seconds from each other one of the exercises at the end. Such should be lauded kim’s point in favor of the run as early as last year, and now he did it with Alfa Romeo, for example, F1 for a working freelance journalist Chris Medland tweeted.
Raikkonen had to face after the rehearsal, enthusiastic people, who keep asking him the other exercises speed. The Finnish veteran is the first test from day one said that the C38-car the real pace will be seen only in the first true place – in Saturday’s time trials.
the Same line continued on Friday after practice.
Raikkonen asked is, is he the sixth. ”I don’t. Not my style to inspire”, the motorsport reporter for the Pablo Elizalde tweeted the Albert Park pit lane.
Raikkonen’s attitude towards the situation is certainly in order, as although Vettel was just a little ahead of him, a more descriptive facts about the ferrari’s pace in relation to will probably be the fact that Vettel lost the practice ground-the time to make her Lewis Hamilton as much as 0,873 seconds. Ferrari SF90-car screw tightening expected in Saturday’s time trial to clearly.
Alfa romeo’s team manager Frédéric Vasseur calm, stable against expectations earlier. Although many are hoping that the middle of the pack in the garage – including the Alfa Romeo, would be able to catch up with the tip of the stables made a difference, Vasseur, it is not likely.
– the Difference is not (the beginning of the season) as big as last year, because the tip of the stables fighting the last season long championship of the world and get this new car on the other later. Now they are in full swing in 2019 with his car and develop the car much faster than the average caste stables, Vasseur said Australia Motorsport.
Kimi Raikkonen doesn’t like to speculate on the garage, the strength of the relationship in advance. ZUMAWIRE / MVPHOTOS
