Planet-F1

Positive end to difficult weekend for Kimi

Sunday 6th April 2008

Kimi Raikkonen is relieved to have walk away from the Sakhir circuit with eight points.

Raikkonen started the race on the second row of the grid, but moved into second place behind team-mate Felipe Massa on the first lap.

The Ferrari driver, who has finished third in his three previous races in Bahrain, is now top of the Championship standings with 19 points.

"The whole weekend has been pretty difficult," he said. "One of the things was that we couldn't get the car really right.

"We look at a bad weekend and we finished second, so never mind, next race will be different.

"We are leading the Championship and that is the main thing, but it was not the easiest weekend for sure.

"It hasn't been perfect all weekend but the problem is we haven't found perfect balance, but that is life.

"I never am too happy at this circuit, but I think out of these first three races it is important to get many points.

"I am happy to be leading and when we go back to Europe we hope we can be strong in the next races."