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F1 China 2013: Battle-scarred Kimi settles for second
There was no question that as he lined up in second place on the grid for the start of the F1 Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, Kimi Raikkonen was eyeing up a Shanghai surprise of a win over polesitter Lewis Hamilton. But that all went awry when the starting lights went out and Raikkonen's Lotus struggled to get away off the grid, allowing both of the Ferrari driver behind him to get the jump on him and go into the first corner in front, demoting Raikkonen himself to fourth place. Even so, the team was hoping that this would be a temporary setback easily overcome over the course of the rest of the race: "We had an interesting start with Kimi dropping back, but once we got onto the prime...
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