Awesome to have Kimi on the front row in qualifying again, and at Monza of all places. I hope his terrible luck of the past few races will now be at a end and that he will have a good race.
Quote: Bradamante wrote in post #33Kimi pushed the wrong button at the start, Arrivabene and Marchionne said. What a pity.
Kimi said he did nothing wrong in his post race interview
Genè has just tried to explain it. According to him, Kimi might have released the left hand a bit later and the car went in anti-stall. With the new starting system gestures must be very precise so maybe that was the problem.
But then Kimi would have known that he did something wrong?
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quote F1 Italian Grand Prix: Raikkonen ‘did the same thing as always’ at start
6 September 2015 Kimi Raikkonen's chances of a podium finish in front of the tifosi were spoiled as he stalled at the start of the Italian Grand Prix.
Kimi Raikkonen was at a loss to explain why he failed to get away from the grid at the start of the Italian Grand Prix, insisting that he followed his usual pre-race procedures to the letter.
The Finn had been excited – as far as he shows excitement – to have out-qualified Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel to line up alongside polesitter Lewis Hamilton on the front row for the Scuderia's home race, but his afternoon turned to dust as the rest of the grid got away cleanly, leaving the near stationary F15-T to join the fray at the back of the pack.
“It went into anti-stall when I let the first clutch go,” he explained, “As far as I understood, I did the correct thing but, obviously, we can see there was a problem with the second clutch in the way that it was not in the correct place. I'm pretty sure I put everything correct as always, but I don't know exactly. Whatever it was, it triggered the anti-stall and, obviously, after a few seconds, I was in last place.”
Claiming never to have had the problem before, despite the many practice starts he would have completed in practice and testing, Raikkonen admitted that the team would have to look through the data to try and determine the cause.
“As far as what I do always, I did the same thing, so I cannot explain why,” he sighed, “There are only a few small chances as to why it could be but, whatever the reason is, we have to make sure that we understand it correctly 100 per cent and make sure, if we have to make changes, that we do the right things.”
Having been relegated to the tail of the field, the Finn started the hard task of making his way towards salvaging a points finish, picking off the backmarkers early on, but then finding the midfield a little tougher to deal with. Although he climbed as high as third, the decision to delay his one and only tyre stop as long as Ferrari did meant that Raikkonen dropped back to the tail of the top ten, before fighting his way back to an eventual fifth place by the flag.
“We did the best that we could,” he maintained, “I'm obviously quite disappointed, but the race was okay. I finished fifth but, when you start in second place and you end up in last place at the first corner, it's not ideal. It's a bit disappointing but you have to learn on those [things] and hopefully make a better result.
“I think the car has been pretty good all weekend. In hindsight, it was a bit tricky in the end on the first set [of tyres]. Obviously, I had to take care of them a bit in the beginning and it didn't help having to fight with people but, once we changed to the second set, the car was very good and I was able to catch up and pass people.
“In a way, I think we had a good car but, unfortunately, we compromised our race a lot on the start. We did the best we could after that - it's a bit disappointing, but not the first time unfortunately that this has happened on a race weekend. I'm sure we're doing the right things, but we keep having issues and compromising our race big time. We'll keep trying and I'm sure things will get better soon.”
Well i'm not really surprised anymore... And i don't believe Kimi would make such a huge mistake after doing many many practise starts!
Given that Kimi was last into the first corner and afterall finishing fifth feels like a little victory to me. Kimi's pace was at some points a bit disappointing but these tyres don't like racing wheel-to-wheel much it seems.
Oh, and nearly forgot to add: i just have to go to a race in Monza some time... The atmosphere and fans are amazing!
''In F1 tyre changes were 5 seconds of rest, in rally it is 10 minutes of hard work'' - Kimi Räikkönen
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Sun Sep 06, 2015 8:03 am
with that. I was wondering about he was all smiling at thursday. Such a happy guy. Lets hope the best for the race 
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