Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen has described his reaction from testing after finishing the fourth day on top of the timesheets at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
The Finn set the fastest time of the session with a lap time of 1:23.477 on the ultra-soft tyre, eight-tenths ahead of Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat. He managed 80 laps in his second day in the new Ferrari.
After the session, Raikkonen spoke about the team’s preparation: “It was a normal test with different kind of tyres, but it is always different from what you see at the races. We have a new car here and there is always something to try, to test. So it is necessary to check everything. Testing time is painful, but it is better to do checks beforehand than having big problems during the Championship.
“I don’t know if this is going to be a good car, no one can tell, but it seems to be a good car even if there are still many things to try out. We don’t look at what the other teams do, we do our stuff and get ready. It’s up to us to make sure we are in a good position. There is a good potential but we can still improve.”
Raikkonen will return to the SF16-H in the first and third days of the second test, with teammate Sebastian Vettel taking part in the second and fourth days.
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