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Being on wrong tyres meant 'my race was more or less over' – Kimi Räikkönen

Kimi Räikkönen‘s Italian Grand Prix was woeful throughout the weekend. After the Iceman's crash in the final part of qualifying on Saturday by spinning at the Parabolica, the damage done meant a new gearbox and fresh engine components meant that he had to start from the pit lane. To make matters worse, the Alfa Romeo Racing driver began the race on the incorrect tyres to those that he set his fastest Q2 time to advance into Q3 with. The infringement had earned him a ten-second stop/go penalty, which had put him out of contention for points. Räikkönen finished an eventual-fifteenth but was in no mood to discuss how his race went. 'Well that was a sh** weekend,' Räikkönen said....
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