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Raikkonen said he had extracted the maximum from his car in today's race, but conceded that was not good enough for Ferrari's standards.

Otherwise, I think the two cars would have been close to Raikkonen's but there was no way to finish in front of him and that's the story.

The Italian tried to make amends, by lifting off, and indeed lagged sufficiently off the start line to let Raikkonen jump into second place.

As Raikkonen braked, Montoya struck the back of him.

Raikkonen: "I'm maybe not the best person to say because in the last race I made a mistake. "

But Raikkonen, 29, also admitted his own role. "I certainly wasn't keen on doing another run, " he said of the Q1 debacle.

Kimi Raikkonen: Yeah, at one of the restarts , I overtook Jenson and I locked up the inside wheel at turn one.

Massa, however, said Raikkonen's silence is "no problem" since the Finn is a "unique person" .

As well as enduring a four-month wait for a win, Raikkonen has also come under fire for his poor results in qualifying.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa was also up there, although teammate Kimi Raikkonen brought up the rear following an hydraulic failure.

It was because he was believed to have gained an advantage by making an illegal turn to overtake then-leader Raikkonen in the closing laps.

Raikkonen, however, who is among F1's highest paid drivers, is unlikely to be losing sleep over the matter.

"It's a nice feeling, definitely, " said Raikkonen, who showed himself consistently capable of setting top six stage times in Germany.

Kimi Raikkonen has stated that neither he nor teammate Felipe Massa will be able to challenge for the 2009 world championship.

Kimi RAIKKONEN: I used it all the time if nothing is wrong with it.

Raikkonen, 28, admits to pushing the Frenchman before the British Grand Prix but insists Cahier provoked him by standing on his equipment.

Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 Formula One world champion, completes the Citroen line-up as he continues his rallying transition.

During the qualifying lap for pole position, Hamilton cut you the road clearly. But you were not angry. Maybe is Kimi Raikkonen too good?

The newspaper said Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has told team chiefs that Raikkonen, despite his huge salary, is not expendable.

Observers in the pit lane reported a "nasty smell" . Raikkonen and his teammate Felipe Massa were sixth and fifth fastest respectively.

Raikkonen, who had Ferrari's best result of the season with second, is convinced Massa will make a full recovery.

Behind them, Kimi Raikkonen thrust up to fourth, also using the Ferrari's KERS button.

Kimi Raikkonen: Unfortunately the weather today was difficult but yesterday was a good day.

Kimi Raikkonen, meanwhile, is still looking for his first victory of 2006, and would love to repeat his pole and victory feat of 2005.

Kimi Raikkonen in Singapore expressed frustration about the reasons for his low qualifying position for Sunday's floodlit race.

Lewis Hamilton is number one at McLaren and you and Kimi (Raikkonen) are equal at Ferrari.

'Raikkonen's switch to rally is a huge boost to the championship, ' said Gerard Bridier, founder of a rally magazine.

It was coincidental that Kimi Raikkonen, now third, appeared to have a problem at the same time.

Raikkonen: The number isn't all that important even though I'll like it more when I see the 1 on my car.

Spa -Francorchamps (Belgium Station), Kimi Raikkonen once again to the less fortunate, another game back.

But any speculation there relies on the assumption that Raikkonen will definitely leave the team once the Spaniard arrives.

Ferrari drivers Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen were the fastest drivers at Circuit de Catalunya today.

Hamilton of McLaren and Ferrari pair Felipe Massa and Raikkonen are not members of the GPDA but attend meetings.

Kimi Raikkonen: No, I think in the last few races the qualifying was not really a problem.

Rumours in the Barcelona paddock indicate that tension between Kimi Raikkonen and the Ferrari management is growing.

Brazil's Massa, meanwhile, observes that Raikkonen occasionally gets his 2008 car working well for a single lap.

But speaking about the upcoming appeal today, FIA president Max Mosley downplayed the potential threat to Raikkonen's title.

Felipe Massa had a better session for Ferrari with the second quickest time, while his teammate Kimi Raikkonen was fifth.

Kimi Raikkonen - 7th: "The visibility is great and you don't really feel you are driving at night with all the lights on the track. "

Raikkonen believes he actually put on a good performance, but said his car was simple not fast enough.

Kimi Raikkonen: I don't think we have number one and number two. We are racing. It is not why we are in this position.

Though Kimi Raikkonen's days as a 20-something are numbered--he turns 30 in October--his earning potential shows no sign of slowing.

Earlier this year, former F1 champion Kimi Raikkonen narrowly missed a moose at the Sweden Rally.

Massa has the Drive-by-Wire switch (white colour) top right, Raikkonen middle right.

Regarding Lewis Hamilton, he got a "well-deserved" 13th place while Ferrari's Massa and Raikkonen finished on 6th and 9th place. . .

In my list of most talented drivers, you can see Raikkonen, Alonso, Hamilton and Vettel.

Kimi Raikkonen: I tried some electronics and it was pretty good.

Schumacher arrived at the right time and now arrives Raikkonen, also at the right time.

He pitted on lap 16, just three before Massa and four laps before Raikkonen and Webber.

On the inside, Raikkonen had to brake.

"It's always nice to drive a new car for the first time, " said Raikkonen.

But Raikkonen, 30, has angrily revealed he will not be driving for Renault in 2011.

The duo completed a lot of laps. Felipe Massa completed 108 laps, while Kimi Raikkonen completed even 154 laps.

Massa's teammate Kimi Raikkonen by 57 points in the third row.

This time last year Felipe Massa was playing the supporting role as Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen took the 2007 drivers' championship.