F1 Hungarian GP: Raikkonen blames himself for missed Hungary victory chance

Kimi Raikkonen pointed the finger at himself for missing out on victory in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix, blaming his qualifying display.
Raikkonen blames himself for missed Hungary victory chance

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Kimi Raikkonen felt he had the pace to win Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix and end his Formula 1 victory drought, blaming himself for missing ou𒉰t on pole ꦦin qualifying.

Raikkonen was left frustrated sitting behind Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel for muc🔴h of the race in Hungary, the leader running slowly due to a handling issue.

Raikkonen's lack of a move on Vettel for the lead rais♋ed questions about Ferrari's tactics, leaving the Finn to fall into the clutches of Lewꦬis Hamilton behind.

Raikkonen eventually finished second, but h𒁏ad no hard feelings about the result or Ferr💛ari's approach.

"I caught up with Sebastian at the end of the first s𝓡tint and once he pitted I had very good speed but the team called me in," Raikkonen expꦍlained.

"I'm sure there were reasons for t📖hat, maybe the Mercedes, who had stopped early and had fresh tyres were going quick. Anyhow, my whole race was basically following Sebastian but then Mercedes caught us and I was going he would go as fast as he could without saving tyres, as they were catching us.

"Being in the middle is a bit of an awful place to be, because a bad exit in the last corner with the guy behind having DRS may꧂ allow him to get you. But that happened maybe once when I got a bit sideways in the last corner.

"Today the car was great, I was just following my own rear wing - well, at least it lo🌠oked the same... Obviously I want to win but this was a great result for the team.

"In the end we got another one-two and I can look at what I did yesterday and blame
myself for not giving myself a better cha🦄nce in th🌼e race.

"My car was good, we had a plan as a tꦍeam, Seb was first yesterday and he got away first. The aim was, in whatever way, to finish one-two."

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