Sunday: A great comeback for Räikkönen with Lotus
There was some good and some not so good for Lotus this weekend in Singapore. On one hand, Kimi Räikkönen, who started 13th, made a great comeback to finish on the third step of the podium. On the other hand, Romain Grosjean was forced to retire due to an engine problem.
Kimi Räikkönen – 3rd:
« It was a difficult weekend, so finishing on the podium is a good result. The car was good and it could have been even better if I had been able to do more work during practice, but even with a better qualifying performance, I think third place was the maximum we could achieve today. My back problem wasn’t ideal, but I felt much better than yesterday and didn’t really notice it during the race, only afterwards. I have a bit of time to recover before Korea and we were quite strong last year, so let’s see what we can do next time. »
Romain Grosjean – Retirement:
The race was going very well and I think second or third place was a realistic prospect. We had a good strategy under the safety car and we could have finished well, but unfortunately today my engine had other ideas. We lost air pressure and the team tried to solve the problem by topping it up with an additional pit stop, but it didn’t work, we had to stop, which is something you hope never happens.
