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Arrivabene defends pit decision that cost Raikkonen podium
Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene is sticking by the strategy to pit Kimi Raikkonen for a third time in the Singapore Grand Prix, despite losing the podium position he’d gained over Lewis Hamilton as a result. Ferrari reacted to Hamilton's third stop by pitting Raikkonen a lap later, but he didn't have a sufficient buffer to defend the undercut from the reigning world champion. Despite this, Arrivabene believes the risk of leaving Raikkonen out was greater than pitting him for fresh rubber. "I think it was the right decision to take," said Arrivabene. "At that point, keeping the supersoft maybe [would] have [had] huge degradation – that would be a huge disaster....
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