News Details

Ferrari denies Raikkonen strategy was wrong

 XPB Images Maurizio Arrivabene has defended Ferrari’s decision to pit Kimi Raikkonen for a third time in order to cover Lewis Hamilton at the Singapore Grand Prix, though the Finn eventually slipped down from third to fourth. Having lined up P5 on the grid, Raikkonen got past the slow-starting Red Bull of Max Verstappen at the start before shadowing the Mercedes driver in the first half of F1's night race. The 2007 world champion then moved past Hamilton when the latter outbraked himself on Lap 32 . Attempting to regain third place, Mercedes devised an aggressive strategy that saw the Briton pit for a fresh set of ultrasofts with 17 laps remaining. Ferrari immediately reacted...
Full Story »
8y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Arrivabene defends Räikkönen's strategy

– Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene has defended the team's...
8y ago from GPUpdate.net

Arrivabene defends the strategy

Maurizio Arrivabene defended his team’s strategy to bring Kimi...
8y ago from F1Technical.net

Arrivabene defends pit decision that cost Raikkonen...

Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene is sticking by the strategy to...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Raikkonen questions strategy as Ferrari's winless run...

Kimi Raikkonen questioned Ferrari's race strategy after a...
8y ago from F1Pulse.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Maverick Vinales fastest in second Mugello MotoGP...

Maverick Vinales impressed as he recorded the fastest time in the second...
12h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Former WorldSBK champion explains changes Toprak...

Former MotoGP rider Ben Spies expects Toprak Razgatlioglu must...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Kyle Kirkwood blasts to top in IndyCar practice from...

After finishing the season’s first short oval under the lights on...

Michael Cannon already strengthening DCR team –...

Rinus VeeKay is already noticing the impact engineer Michael Cannon is...

Nolan Siegel apologizes for profanity-filled radio rant

Arrow McLaren driver Nolan Siegel has apologized for what he said over...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal agree personal terms with 21-year-old Premier...

Arsenal are looking to add quality to Mikel Arteta's squad, and with one...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

‘It can be a really lonely journey’: Myles...

cia Lewis has handled her son’s stellar rise by becoming an agent and...
10h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal's plan for the summer transfer window after...

A report from TBR Football has revealed that Arsenal intend to target at...
11h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'It will definitely be a busy one' - Jurrien Timber...

Arsenal star Jurrien Timber shared his predictions for the club's summer...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.