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Furious Raikkonen laments strategy error

Kimi Raikkonen was left furious at Lotus after the team decided not to pit him under the safety car late in the British Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel's retirement brought out the safety car with 11 laps to go with Raikkonen sitting in second place behind race leader Nico Rosberg. Behind him, Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso both took the opportunity to pit behind the safety car and although both lost track position the fresh tyres allowed them to climb back through the field to second and third respectively. Raikkonen was eventually relegated to fifth place and after the race he made clear his anger at the team for getting the strategy wrong. "I don't understand how we can get it so...
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