Kimi Raikkonen believes that Lotus will be able to win again within this year provided they can maintain the level of performance they showed at the last race in Germany.
Kimi Raikkonen was a close second to Sebastian Vettel in Germany. Photo: Associated Press
In the eight races since he opened the season with an assured win in Melbourne, Raikkonen has finished in second place four times, with his latest victory near-miss coming at the Nurburgring three weeks ago when he chased down Sebastian Vettel to the chequered flag.
While the Finn’s widely-heralded consistency has kept him in Championship contention at the mid-point of the season, he will nonetheless slip the equivalent of two race victories adrift of Sebastian Vettel for the first time in 2013 if the German wins at the Hungaroring this weekend.
Raikkonen, the 2005 Hungarian GP victor, isn’t worrying yet though and is sure his second win of the season will come.
“Obviously we are here to try and win races,” the 2007 World Champion said.
“We couldn’t in Germany because we were not fast enough, but for the team it was a good result after a couple of quite difficult races.
We lost some more points to the lead as Seb won, but it’s still a long season and if we keep putting ourselves in a position to at least be fighting for first place then I think we can do it again.” – Sky Sports
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