Alfa Romeo Racing was left to rue after a difficult qualifying which saw Antonio Giovinazzi line up in sixteenth and Kimi Räikkönen in seventeenth after Valtteri Bottas‘s pre-race penalty was applied. Despite a singe Q3 appearance from Räikkönen last time out in Brazil, the final qualifying of the season saw Alfa struggle with tyre temperatures, with the Alfas only beating the Williams pair for the ninth row of the grid. 2012 winner Räikkönen complained of a lack of grip as the reasoning for his early Q1 exit as he was outqualified by his rookie teammate for the eighth time this season, with the Finn now hopeful that he can salvage a good result in the final race of the season....
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