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Raikkonen still savouring Shanghai win

Kimi Raikkonsn was extremely satisfied when he left China, after the two races in the Far East. "I was really happy on Sunday night: we couldn't get the maximum in China and Japan, but we showed that we were able to win both of the races, which was very important in view of the race in Brazil," Raikkonen reflected.

"The situation seemed to be compromised after the race at Fuji, but in Shanghai we managed to put things straight," he added. "Now we have new hope to win the title and it's good to know that we can go to Sao Paulo and try our luck. It would have been better if also Alonso would have not made it, but Hamilton's retirement, his first in this season, was very important. It has been since the race at the Nürburgring, when I had to stop with a hydraulic problem, that we didn't control the championship. We have to go on working the way we did at the last two races. We have to give our best to try to have another double win. We do have the possibility, as you could see. If we manage to do the same at Interlagos everything depends on what our competitors can do."

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