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Brake problem caused premature Raikkonen exit
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Kimi Raikkonen says a brake problem was to blame for his early exit from qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix. Having stopped on track during FP3 (pictured), Raikkonen was late out in Q1 after his engine and gearbox had to be changed, with the latter carrying a five-place grid penalty. Raikkonen then made it through to Q2 but spun at the end of the main straight on medium tyres and he says a problem with the brakes was to blame. "In the morning we had an issue and had to stop the car," Raikkonen said. "We had to change to an older engine we had already run before and also change the gearbox, because we had a fire in the car. Obviously there was not a...
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