Former F1 driver Jacques Villeneuve says Lotus may drop Kimi Raikkonen – Formula 1 news
Former F1 driver Jacques Villeneuve has said that Lotus may drop their driver, Kimi Raikkonen as he has been completely outperformed by his teammate, Romain Grosjean in 2012 Canadian Grand Prix held at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal on June 10.
“That he is usually behind Grosjean in pure performance makes me think he (Raikkonen) could be dropped,” Villeneuve is quoted in the latest edition of France’s Auto Hebdo.
Raikkonen is presently standing at 6th position in the drivers’ championship with 55 points. Besides, he is just 2 points ahead of his teammate, Romain Grosjean and 12 points behind Nico Rosberg of Mercedes.
The Finnish driver could only secure 8th place finish in the Canadian GP after setting off from 12th grid position. However, he said that he could have scored more points if he would have started from higher grid slot. Additionally, he said that DRS didn’t
provide the expected boost in the pace due to which it was hard to make further step forward.
“I seemed to get stuck behind people a few times. The DRS zone is not very long, and it's still a difficult battle if the car ahead of you is also using the DRS. We had a chance to do a bit better, but it didn't quite all come together today,” he said.
On the other hand, Grosjean performed incredibly well in the last race and secured an incredible second podium finish after qualifying for 7th grid position.
Even though, he has retired in three of the first seven grands prix. Nevertheless, he has performed convincingly in the season until now. At present, the French driver he is at 7th place in the drivers’ rankings with 53 points and is 8 points ahead of Jenson
Button of McLaren.
Meanwhile, the Enstone based team is currently at third place in the constructors’ championship with 108 points. Moreover, they are 11 points ahead of Ferrari and 25 points behind McLaren.
Above and beyond, they have emerged as one of the most competent teams in the season so far and are trying their best to make the significant advancements preparations to fight for this year’s championship title.
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