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Raikkonen blames hairpin lockups for qualifying struggle

Kimi Raikkonen is confident he can turn his difficult Canadian Grand Prix weekend around after blaming front locking at the Turn 10 hairpin for qualifying sixth on Saturday. The Finn was 0.589s slower than Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel, who was third fastest and just 0.178s off pole. “We struggled a bit in Turn 10 the whole qualifying,” Raikkonen explained. “And we lost a lot of time there all the time there, with front locking. “There were some good place and certain places where I struggled the whole qualifying, and you lose a lot of time here. Not ideal, but that's how it was here. “Unfortunately here when you have a small issue before the straight you pay a big penalty in...
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