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Kimi - I have nothing to lose

Just a few days after misfortune in the shape of a spin into the Spa barriers, ended what had been a brilliant race for Kimi Raikkonen, the Ferrari driver was back facing the media at Ferrari's home race weekend in the Royal Park of Monza.

"It's easy to say afterwards that I could have settled for second place, but I wanted to win and I went for it and it cost me some points, but at least I had more fun in Spa than I had in some other races," he added. "The position I am in now means that in terms of the championship, I have nothing to lose, so that opens up more choices in how I tackle the remaining races. I will do the best I can and hopefully I can get back to the front and try and win the championship. But once there is no chance of mathematically taking the title, then that will be the time to think about how I might help Felipe. But you can never be sure what will happen: look at how last season ended. Maybe I can fight back. For now though, the two of us will be racing as hard as we can."

Eventually the questions turned to this weekend and the Finn's chances in the Italian GP. "I know from the past that McLaren is always strong here, but hopefully this year we can try and challenge them for the win. We had a pretty good test here before Spa and the car is stronger here this year than a year ago. It will be hard to beat them, but I think we have quite a good chance. Let's see how the next two days go."

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