Curse that follows me in Germany struck again - Raikkonen
Scuderia Ferrari driver and 2007 Formula One World Champion Kimi Raikkonen was very unfortunate again on German soil this weekend. The Finn starts to believe that a curse is following him in Germany as he has never been lucky in the European country.
Kimi Raikkonen: "The curse that seems to follow me in Germany struck again. I finished both races, at the Hockenheim and at the Nürburgring, only a few times. The points I could have gained would have made a difference in the championship’s outcome. On Sunday we had the chance for a good result, but I left empty handed: obviously I’m not lucky racing there.
"The F60 had some updates and the set up was pretty much ok, but we’re still paying a high price in terms of downforce as you could see in some sectors of the track. The qualifying was really difficult, because the grip was constantly changing, although the conditions were the same for everybody out there: in Q1 and Q2 it was really important to find the right moment to go onto the track, while in Q3, on the dry track, we decided to put lots of petrol in the car, because we didn’t have the possibility to be on one of the front rows. At the beginning of the race I was right behind Felipe and we both had the possibility to gain a good position. At a certain point, and we still don’t know exactly when, debris got stuck in the radiator and perforated it. On lap 14 I was asked by the pitwall to lower the revs and then, after the pit stop, I started losing performance right until the moment I had to stop. On lap 29 I collided with Sutil: he came out of the box while I was on my line; he tried to defend his position on the inside. The cars collided and he lost a bit of his front wing, while the side of mine was slightly damaged.
"With these wide wings it’s quite easy to collide and break them. I went with Adrian to meet the stewards and we thought that it was a normal race accident, as indeed did the stewards.
"The next race is in Hungary. Traditionally this is some sort of a home race for us Finns, because there are so many fellow countrymen on the grandstands. I’ll show up with a new rear wing, which worked really well on Felipe’s car and there’s the possibility that we’ll have further modifications. The F60 should run pretty well at the Hungaroring with its many slow corners; furthermore the temperatures should be slightly higher than at the weekend in Germany: it would be great to gain another podium."
