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Raikkonen surprised by struggles in the wet

Kimi Raikkonen said he was surprised by his drop off in pace during a wet qualifying session at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Raikkonen had looked like the best of the rest in the dry practice sessions prior to qualifying, but as soon as the rain came in qualifying he struggled to show the same kind of pace. He will start from sixth on Sunday's grid, but felt the car was capable of more in the dry. "It's always going to be more difficult in the wet but you expect it to obviously be a bit more normal," he said. "It was my first time on full wets in this car for me and it seemed to be very tricky for some reason. We have to see what the reason is but the feeling was very poor and...
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