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All too easy for Kimi

Wednesday 26th March 2008

Kimi Raikkonen has described his victory in Malaysia over the weekend as easy, but he still expects a tough battle for the World Championship.

Raikkonen and Ferrari bounced back impressively at the Sepang circuit after their disastrous start to the season in Australia, where both Ferrari cars suffered engine failures.

The Finn is now just three points behind Championship leader Lewis Hamilton after the McLaren driver finished fifth in Malaysia.

"It was an easy victory," Raikkonen wrote on his website.

"We just took it really easy and saved the car and engine for the next race. I could have gone much faster, but there wasn't any need for that.

"We did not panic after the bad race in Australia and now after Malaysia there is no way we should start thinking too much of ourselves."

The 28-year-old knows he has his work cut out to hang onto the World Championship.

"This is going to be a very tight battle all year long," he added.

"As I said before the first race, this season is very long. Now we have just started, and nobody can say what happens next.

"Obviously, we have a winning car. While everything works well, we have the speed to win races. We just need to get qualifying in a better shape. When the qualifying performance is there, it also helps a lot for the race."

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