F1 Russian Grand Prix: Start compromised race - Raikkonen

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen says the reason he only finished niꦡnth in the inaugural R💞ussian Grand Prix was because he his race was "compromised a lot after the start".
Raikkonen lined-up in eighth place on the grid and felt he made a strong start, before being squeezed towards the wall by one of the Toro Rosso'✅s.
After that he was always up against it and while he said his Ferrari F14 T was gooꩲꦉd, he found it difficult to pass.
"It was a pretty normal race," he re꧅flected following 𒁏the 16th round in the 2014 F1 World Championship.
"Obviously it was pretty difficult to overtake for us and after the start I got a pretty good jump off the line. But then I had to back off because of a Toro Rosso coming left more and more. I had nowhere to go and lost a lot of pl𒁃ace𒅌s.
"Afte🌃r that it was just following people and not really having a chance on a straight ♋line. But the car felt okay.
"It was just slow."
Quizzed more o🐭n precisely what went wrong he added: "Obviously [as I said] my race was compromised a lot after the start and after that it was following people, but not really able to attack them."
"In t🦹he end I had to fuel save for most of the race [too] and a lot more near the finish. The car felt good, but when you fuel save you cannot push a🌜 lot," he continued.
"I thought that the car was behaving pretty well since Saturday. [But] it is the lack of speed that we have on a straight line, I think, that cost us a lot of lap time. In the end though✨ this is the result and hopefull🐈y the next race suits us a little bit better.
"We are aware that this year it is hard to fight for the top places, but all the same, we will continue to try our best, starting 💙in Austin [in three weeks time]. That track is very demandiꦑng and interesting and I hope I don't have the same problems I had here, so that I can aim for a good result. However, what I wish for most is that all our prayers help Jules [Bianchi] at this difficult time."