> Kimi not giving up on title yet

Kimi Raikkonen has insisted he continue to give his all in the championship battles despite his personal world title chances being hit by a hammer blow at Monza.

The Ferrari ace heads into this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix 18 points behind championship leader Lewis Hamilton following McLaren’s dominant 1-2 on the Italian squad’s home soil last Sunday.

Nevertheless the now fully-fit Finn has vowed to keep up the pursuit of his rivals until the title is mathematically out of reach and hopes that starts with a third straight win at Spa.

“We will fight as long as arithmetic allows us to,” he said.

“We can't leave anything undone.

“We had a good test at Spa-Francorchamps last July and I'm 100 percent fit in terms of physical fitness: after the race I took some painkillers and I relaxed a bit.

“We'll give it everything to win: I've been twice on the central step of the podium here at the last two races and I want to get back there next Sunday!"

Raikkonen admits his huge final practice smash compromised the rest of his weekend at Monza, although he did still manage to join the McLaren duo on the podium.

He says the resulting neck pain from the crash made the race the most difficult of his career.

“I still don't know what exactly happened,” he explained.

“I arrived at the Ascari and I braked, when I was just below 300 km/h: the wheels blocked right on a kerb and the back of the car suddenly lost all its downforce, so that the car had a very hard swerve and I ended up against the wall to my right.

“The telemetry didn't give any hint on an error or damage, just like the analysis of the car in Maranello, as the technicians told me.

“The impact was very hard, but the consequences, as often happens in these kind of accidents, I could only feel the next day; and unfortunately it was the day of the race.

“My neck really hurt: we did everything we could to put me back in shape, but there was not enough time left.

“This was undeniably the most painful race I've ever had. It's really difficult to drive when you can't hold your head up: when I was breaking I had trouble to see the corners correctly."

Source :itv-f1

^Excuses!

I believe he'll be the last person in F1 to give excuses...really
He could have just said the car was pathetic, which it was

^U agree now that Ferrari is pathetic!

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Ferrari is not pathetic.

correction...Ferrari is not pathetic..neither is McLaren
the Ferrari CAR this season @ Monza was pathetic.

PS: Are U a McLaren supporter?

Suits him right, Leave Mclaren for ferrari, enjoy now

And i tht sandeep was a ferrari fan ek baar fantasy league kya jeeti, he has shifted his loyalties to Mclaren

Good good

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Doesn't matter...as it is McLaren CAR is no better in terms of patheticness (if such a word exists) they enjoy a fast car and a good season once in a while..we'll see if they're able to carry that till next season,,,which again depends upon whether they're allowed to race or not (after today's hearing).


PS: YAY!! My 500th Post on FE.

right!! the car was pathetic Even i though Sandeep was a Ferrari fan