Kimi Raikkonen believes Lotus need to make improvements for 2012 Japanese GP – Formula 1 news
Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen believes that they really need to make some essential improvements in their car so as to score competitive points in the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix.
Raikkonen struggled during the qualifying of the Singapore GP and could not make his way into the final session. Nevertheless, he performed quite convincingly in the race and secured an inspiring 6th place finish after taking a start from 12th
grid position.
Even though, he managed to score some important points in the preceding race, however, he is not feeling contended over the results as he wants to win the championship title this year. Therefore, he insisted that they need to make some substantial developments
in their car in order to improve its pace in the remaining grands prix of the ongoing season.
Furthermore, he said that he is optimistically looking forward to see enhancements in the car in the next race and is aiming to carry on scoring points with consistency throughout the season ahead.
“I'm still third in the Drivers' Championship but we've got some improvements to make for the next races to be fighting with the cars in front,” said Raikkonen. “Hopefully we can make a step forward in Japan and take it from there.”
In addition, he said that although he wanted to secure fifth position in the previous race ahead of Mercedes driver, Nico Rosberg. Nonetheless, he said that he is happy with his result and is targeting to show up stronger in the forthcoming races.
“After the result in qualifying today's race was not too bad, but I think we had a chance to do a bit better,” Raikkonen added. “We weren't quick enough to be fighting for the podium but the first safety car didn't help us and maybe we could have gained
an extra place without that,” the Finnish driver added.
Over and above, he called the last race quite boring for the drivers and the spectators as overtaking is very difficult on Marina Bay Street Circuit.
It will be extremely thrilling to see how the Finn comes up in the upcoming races.
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