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Raikkonen: Starting ahead of Seb doesn't make me any happier

Kimi Raikkonen insisted he took no joy or repose from his performance in qualifying for the British Grand Prix, where he will start from fifth on the grid. Under severe pressure to up his game or lose his Ferrari seat, the Finn outqualified his on-form teammate Sebastian Vettel at Silverstone for only the second time this season. It is a timely boost amid his campaign to stay in F1, but Raikkonen insisted: 'Starting one position better than Seb doesn't make me any happier.' 'If we were first and second, that's different. But fifth and sixth? No. I know people see it that way but for me it is just a number and nothing else.' Raikkonen said the more important issue in qualifying at...
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