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Raikkonen reflects on ‘messy' practice session
Kimi Raikkonen has described his first day of practice in Spain as 'messy' as mechanics assess the damage from a suspected engine failure. The Finn's session came to an abrupt end during his qualifying simulation run in FP2 when a quick puff of smoke emerged from the Ferrari engine. Raikkonen was able to free-wheel the car downhill back to the pits, where his team were on hand to start inspecting the cause of the issue. It is very likely new engine components will be fitted ahead of Saturday's qualifying session, but Raikkonen said the whole day was a tricky one to negotiate. “Today the session was a bit messy,” Raikkonen said. “But overall I think it was not too bad. The...
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