Raikkonen found the Brazilian Grand Prix 'boring'

Kimi Raikkonen says he had "quite a boring race" on his way to fourth place in the Brazilian Grand Prix.

With the top four drivers all holding station at the start of the race, Raikkonen settled down in to a two-stop strategy while team-mate Sebastian Vettel pulled away on a three-stop. Having come home in fourth after a lonely race, Raikkonen said he struggled with the balance throughout.

"It was quite a boring race for me, in the end," Raikkonen said. "With the new tyres it was OK, but with old tyres I struggled a lot, especially with the front tyres. It was a bit tricky, but started fourth and finished fourth. The handling was not the nicest throughout the race but this is better than the last race."

And Raikkonen says there are a number of areas to improve on after failing to have a smooth day across the whole weekend at Interlagos.

"We didn’t try any different things, we always try to avoid issues and maximise the result. It wasn’t the easiest of weekends, anyhow, I wasn’t so comfortable with some things on Friday, with the set-up. It was better yesterday but I had a mistake on my last lap in qualifying. Today I struggled bit with the tyres in the race so, in many ways, it could have been a lot better, but at least we finished the race this time. Now we just have to keep working and improve."

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Andrew Lewin

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.

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