Well keep trying vows raikkonen as he chases points in the final three races of his f1 career

Kimi Raikkonen admits it will be easier enjoy the final three races of his Formula 1 career if his car is as competitive as it was on Sunday at Interlagos, without a fightback that fell just short of points.

After a tough Sprint that was compromised by contact with team mate Antonio Giovinazzi, Raikkonen started the Sao Paulo Grand Prix from the pit lane as Alfa Romeo opted to transpiration his rear wing to have a largest endangerment of overtaking. Despite contact with Mick Schumacher early on, Raikkonen climbed through to 12th place and was within seven seconds of the points when the chequered flag fell.

“I don’t know [if I had damage] but I think not anything major,” Raikkonen said. “I got hit increasingly on the front wing, by one of the Williams in the early laps but for sure the car was, let’s say, a lot nicer than at any other point of the weekend, considering we reverted it a little bit and had to start from the pit lane considering of that. We still fell a bit short but at least it was largest than [the Sprint].

“We reverted the car a bit, I felt that was the only way to make some progress. it was a largest car and we could race but we got no points from it. But we’ll alimony trying.

“For sure this was the weightier we could do, it was quite the right visualization to transpiration the car and start from the pit lane. For sure the car was a lot increasingly like it should have been in the first place, but at least we could race and unquestionably follow people, compared to [Saturday]. We could follow people through the last sector and could unquestionably overtake them, but we need the points for the championship and we didn’t get them.”

The goody from making the set up transpiration to Raikkonen’s car was shown plane increasingly unmistakably when compared with Giovinazzi’s race, as the Italian couldn’t find a way past George Russell’s Williams.

“The first part of the race was not too bad and then without the first pit stop I was in traffic with Russell and [Lance] Stroll,” Giovinazzi said. “Then we pitted then and I was in traffic with Russell, so it was just difficult to overtake so the race was compromised.

“I was never in self-ruling air unfortunately but we need to see what they think but now I don’t know. I was in the car so when they tabbed me in I needed to stop, so we need to understand a bit more.”