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Raikkonen: We surprised ourselves

It all came together brilliantly for Kimi Raikkonen during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday and the Finn is hoping to replicate that success come race day. Although he couldn't beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position with the Mercedes driver edging him by 0.234s, Raikkonen will start on the front row of the grid for Ferrari for the first time since Monaco 2009. What makes it even more special was that he beat his team-mate Sebastian Vettel, who will start P3, and he did it in front of Ferrari's home fans at Monza. 'We probably surprised ourselves a little bit. Obviously we expected a strong weekend, but we knew this place wasn't our strongest so in the end the car...
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