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Raikkonen dismisses win talk

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Kimi Raikkonen doesn’t want Ferrari to think about potential race wins in 2015 despite an encouraging start with its new car.

The SF15-T was fastest on three of the four days of pre-season testing at Jerez, with Raikkonen and team-mate Sebastian Vettel setting the fastest two times of the week. With team principal Maurizio Arrivabene setting Ferrari a target of two wins this season following a winless 2014, Raikkonen was asked if it was a realistic goal but says the team needs to ignore talk of victories.

"It's too early to speak about results,” Raikkonen said after his first day testing the car. “We had a good positive first day, and Sebastian had a good couple of days, which is a good thing.

"But it's pointless talking about wins, in the end we'll try to do our best and I'm sure if we keep working as a team push forward as a team improving things we can get some good results, but we're definitely going in the right direction.”

While Raikkonen is unwilling to set any targets for Ferrari, he admits the new car is a much better starting point than the same time last year.

“I think the whole package is better all-round; the engine and the car itself, everything has improved. Obviously we still have a lot of hard work to try and improve things but it’s a good starting point.”

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.