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Raikkonen: Barrichello should be disqualified

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen was unable to finish the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. The Finn had to end his race early as his car gave up on him. The reigning world champion ended ninth but hopes to move up to P8 as he believes Barrichello should be disqualified for exiting the pitlane while the lights were turned red.

"Sure, if you do not finish the race it's not a good result," Raikkonen told ITV after the race. "But I believe we should still get at least one point because Barrichello went through a red light in the pitlane." 

"I went off trying to pass Kovalainen but all those things don't matter if you don't finish the race," he added. "With the one point we go to the next race and see if we can do better. It's only the first race so there's still a long way to go. It's not the best way to start but there's a long way to go."

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