Kimi Raikkonen was left to rue a difficult weekend as he claimed third place in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.
Although Raikkonen put in a gallant effort near the end of the grand prix to try to pass Lewis Hamilton, the Ferrari driver had to settle for third pace as the McLarens out-paced and out-muscled the Ferraris.
It was a bitter-sweet end to the Finn's weekend and saw him drop to second place in the Drivers' Championship behind reigning Champ Fernando Alonso.
"I was happy to get some points but disappointed at the end," said the Finn. "All weekend we've had problems so it was one of those weekends where you just have to get as many points as you can.
"I got close to Lewis but didn't have the same speed as Felipe and couldn't challenge him."
One of the reasons Raikkonen was lacking in pace was because his Ferrari engine, which was damaged in Australia, wasn't running at maximum capacity.
Ferrari had the choice between changing Raikkonen's engine or running it at lower revs. It the end the team opted for a slower Raikkonen, rather than a demoted Raikkonen.
"We needed to compromise something," the Finn revealed. "It was not an ideal start to the weekend, we wanted to be on pole position but we couldn't.
"It is still early in the season and we are in a good position. It is going to be close fighting in the next races but that is F1.
"I think we knew the engine wasn't 100 percent, so we had to be on safe side, and there were things that were not perfect so we could not risk to do anything stupid.
"Hopefully next race we can get the car working 100 percent again like in the first race."
