Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen will be starting this evening's Belgian Grand prix from the second row of the grid after he set the fourth fastest time in qualifying at the Spa Francorchamps Circuit on Saturday afternoon.
In brilliant sunshine, the Finn suffered with an unexpected vibration issue, so at the end of the all important qualifying session, he was obviously less satisfied with his day.
That said however, Kimi was still encouraged by the car's pace…
“It was a messy qualifying: all the way through the session I had some vibrations in the car that kept coming and going. It's hard to know how much they affected the lap time, but for sure it did not help,” he explained. “It's very disappointing because so far the weekend had gone very smoothly. I felt we had all the tools to do well, the car was good and we had the speed.”
“In the last run I was off to a good start, but then I started struggling with the tire temperatures and made a mistake, got sideways at turn 9 and it was pretty much the end of it. Fourth position is not a disaster but it is far from what I wanted. It's unfortunate, wrong time wrong place, but tomorrow is another day. It's going to be quite tricky with the tires for everybody: hopefully we'll have a straightforward race and make the right decisions”.
