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How Alfa Romeo's tyre blunder sealed Kimi Raikkonen's 's*** weekend'

A year ago Kimi Raikkonen claimed pole position for Ferrari and battled for victory against Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix. In 2019 he had a thoroughly miserable time and was quick to label his weekend as “s**t”. Raikkonen went off in wet conditions in the first practice session but it was his error during Q3 that triggered a chain reaction of events. Raikkonen lost control of his C38 through Parabolica in Q3 and suffered a rear-first impact, sustaining irreparable damage to the gearbox. That led to a five-place grid penalty and Alfa Romeo wisely opted to take on fresh engine components. Raikkonen switched from Ferrari’s second-phase engine to its latest...
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