News Details

Raikkonen disappointed with 'far from ideal' qualifying result

Kimi Raikkonen says the result of qualifying for the United States Grand Prix was “far from ideal” after securing fifth on the grid at the Circuit of the Americas. The Finnish driver’s best lap in Q3 was over one second slower than pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton’s benchmark. Raikkonen moved ahead of his team-mate Sebastian Vettel with his final run. The Ferrari duo will line up fifth and sixth. “Obviously we cannot be pleased with where we finished today, looking at the time difference to the front,” he admitted. “We did what we could, but our position on the grid is far from ideal. This is the reality today and now we have to be stronger in the race....
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Verstappen positive about long run pace after Friday...

Max Verstappen felt the long run pace of his Red Bull Racing RB12 was...

United States GP: Qualifying notes - Haas

Haas F1 Team drivers Esteban Gutierrez and Romain Grosjean qualified 14th...
9y ago from Pitpass.com

United States GP: Qualifying notes - Sauber

The Sauber F1 Team finished qualifying ahead of the United States Grand...
9y ago from Pitpass.com

Vettel – The Ferrari you saw today is not the...

United States Grand Prix – With both drivers struggling on Friday,...
9y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Trackhouse Aprilia launches two liveries ahead of 2026...

Trackhouse Aprilia satellite team has launched its two new liveries in...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Yamaha admits 2026 MotoGP performance will decide...

Yamaha knows it must deliver a more competitive 2026 MotoGP bike to...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Will Power sees ‘all the ingredients’ for a...

Will Power is approaching the beginning of his new IndyCar chapter, with...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Ed Carpenter to contest 23rd Indianapolis 500

Owner of the Ed Carpenter Racing IndyCar team Ed Carpenter will race in...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal ready to make surprise transfer...

Arsenal could reportedly be ready to extend Gabriel Jesus' contract by one...
58m ago from CaughtOffside.com

“It doesn’t matter” - Thierry Henry dismisses...

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has dismissed talk of Arsenal being Europe's...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'He has struggled' – Arsenal legend tips club to...

Arsenal could end up selling left-back Myles Lewis-Skelly, according to...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Gyokeres, Havertz and the Nwaneri loan move

Morning. I think we're all entitled to a relatively quiet day (in football...
5h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.