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Kimi rues loss of second place

SILVERSTONE, June 30th, 2013 (F1plus/G. Keilloh).- Kimi Raikkonen and his Lotus team were left to rue the decision not to pit for new tyres under the late-race safety car in today’s British Grand Prix. Raikkonen reckons the decision cost him a “pretty easy” second place. Instead, he trailed home down in fifth as the more freshly-booted Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso, along with Lewis Hamilton, sailed past in the final six-lap shoot out of green flag racing. Raikkonen put in a combative drive to rise to second place, having started in eighth, at the point that then-leader Sebastian Vettel retired. That was until the late safety car, caused perhaps ironically by Vettel’s retirement....
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