Kimi Raikkonen paid a heavy price for a small mistake in his very last run in qualifying for tonight's Singapore Grand Prix here at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
As a result, the Finn had to settle for P4 while his teammate Sebastian Vettel went on to secure the all important pole position.
Despite this issue, Kimi has shown consistent improvement since the beginning of the weekend and the aim is to finish on the podium in tonight's race.
“It has been difficult since yesterday and even today it was not easy,” Kimi said. “The whole track felt very tricky to drive, it was hard to be quick and put the car where we wanted; in some sectors we were more competitive than in others.”
“In qualifying it was a bit better compared to yesterday and this afternoon's P3 practice, but I was still far from feeling comfortable to push. I was still fighting trying to do a good lap and it was easy to make mistakes and lose lap time. To finish fourth is not ideal but I'll take it considering all the struggles that we have had so far ; it could easily have been worse.”
‘At least we gave ourselves a chance for tomorrow and hopefully with a bit of luck we can gain some positions. We'll tackle it as a new day. Lately our starts have been quite decent, so we'll try to make good progress and see where we end up”.