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No strike over tyres for me, says Raikkonen

NURBURGRING, Germany, July 05, 2013 (AFP) - Always a maverick, Kimi Raikkonen lived up to expectations on Friday when he said he had no intention of withdrawing from this weekend's German Grand Prix even if his fellow-drivers did in reaction to a repeat of the tyre blowouts seen at last weekend's British Grand Prix. The taciturn Finn, known as 'the ice man', said he will take race for Lotus in Sunday's race whatever happens. "I haven't seen it, I heard," he said, when asked for his reaction to the overnight statement made by the Grand Prix Drivers Association (GPDA), in which they threatened to pull out if they felt the tyres were unsafe to use. "I am sure it is not...
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