Ferrari ‘asked design team’ to create car for Raikkonen

Ferrari team principle Maurizio Arrivabene has told reporters that he asked for their 2015 car to suit the driving style of Kimi Raikkonen.

The former world champion suffered a miserable return to the team last season as he struggled with the car, which wasn’t suited to him.

He finished over 100 points behind his team-mate, Fernando Alonso, in the Constructors Championship and struggled to match his pace all season.

However, he has started this year in a positive fashion and finished second in the Bahrain Grand Prix last week, leading to Arrivabene to reveal his pre-season requests.

He told reporters: "I remember it was 10th or 12th December, I was speaking to [chief designer Simone] Resta and Rory [Byrne] and we were watching a picture of the car.

"I asked what can you do to transfer weight a bit more to the front?

"Because I said Kimi likes to feel the car this way and Sebastian [Vettel] is more or less the same. They said we need six months. I said what can you do in three?

"They said we need to work more or less day and night so I said OK, I will work together with you guys. Come on."

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