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Raikkonen questioned Ferrari Q1 strategy
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Kimi Raikkonen says he questioned Ferrari's strategy during the first knockout segment of qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, in which he was eliminated by Marussia's Jules Bianchi.
Raikkonen and team-mate Fernando Alonso attempted to get through Q1 using only the Prime tyres, expecting the elimination spots to be filled by the Caterham and Marussia drivers after the early demise of Lewis Hamilton and Pastor Maldonado.
But Bianchi improved on Options to knock Raikkonen out by just 0.064s and as a result, the Finn will start the race from 17th position.
"The plan was to go out but the team said we are fine, I questioned it a few times to be 100% sure," he...
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