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Raikkonen thinks final stop cost him victory
NURBURGRING, Germany, July 07, 2013 (AFP) - Kimi Raikkonen believes he may not have required his final pit stop -- and that it could have cost him victory in Sunday's German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. The Lotus driver stopped for a set of softs 10 laps from the finish and, despite reclaiming second from his team-mate Frenchman Romain Grosjean, he finished one second behind the victorious home hero German Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull. At the time of the stop, the Finn had a 11-12 second time advantage over Vettel, and his Lotus E21 did not seem to be loosing grip or time rapidly but rather holding the difference. Raikkonen said: "I could run longer and we had to think...
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