Raikkonen frustrated by qualifying result

Kimi Raikkonen driving his Ferrari SF16-H at Spa
27 August 2016 by    1 min read

Kimi Raikkonen insists Ferrari were capable of taking pole position ahead of tomorrow’s Belgian Grand Prix, before fading to a disappointing third and fourth.

Nico Rosberg clinched pole ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, while Raikkonen starts third ahead of his team-mate Sebastian Vettel.

But despite a promising result, Raikkonen believes it could have been so much better.

"The second run was pretty good but comparing to my Q2 lap, I lost two tenths in the last chicane," said Raikkonen.

"I got understeer. Obviously pole position was there. We had a good chance.

"It would have been more easy not going off on the first run and have a decent lap but that is how it is.

"It's disappointing because we were close and it would have been nice to get it.

"Compared to the previous few races, we can be satisfied with where we are with qualifying.

"But we are not in front so we cannot be too happy."

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