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Raikkonen: Ferrari knew race would be tough

Getty Images Enlarge Kimi Raikkonen says the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was as difficult as he expected it would be after struggling home in tenth. Team-mate Fernando Alonso finished one position ahead and Raikkonen thinks Ferrari's speed deficiency was laid bare at Yas Marina, which has two sweeping back straights. "It was OK," Raikkonen said of his race. "The start was OK and I gained some places in the first corner but I lost some before the first pit stop; it's difficult because we just didn't have the speed. The car was behaving not badly but just lacked overall lap time and we got done on the straight line a few times and couldn't attack anybody, so were falling backwards....
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