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Raikkonen reflects on Bahrain

Kimi Raikkonen left Bahrain on Sunday happy that he was in the lead of the drivers' championship, but slightly concerned that all weekend he was unable to match team mate Felipe Massa.

"Felipe has done some great work since Friday, while I had some problems finding the right set up for the car, especially on Saturday," said Raikkonen. "During the race the set up was very difficult to handle, especially on the first two laps, when there was oil on the track. The situation improved and I could press more and keep a good race rhythm. But when you know that you'll come in one lap before your teammate, there's hardly anything you can do."

"I want to win races and fight for the title: coming in second left me a bit disappointed," he added. "Sometimes certain weekends are just like that and the one in Bahrain was one of them. For one reason or the other the Sakhir circuit does not seem to be very favourable to me. But there's still some satisfaction at the end of this GP: I'm leading the Drivers' Championship. When we think about how many points we gained in Melbourne this is a great result."

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