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Kimi Raikkonen: Ferrari's 'strong package' can go faster

Kimi Raikkonen believes Ferrari has delivered a “strong package” for the 2018 Formula 1 season and that the team could have gone faster during pre-season testing. Sebastian Vettel recorded a time of 1:17.182 on Thursday, a new unofficial track record at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which Raikkonen followed up with a 1:17.221 on Friday. Both drivers, though, could have crept into the 1:17.0s, had they strung together all three ideal sector times on their respective Hypersoft runs. The laps left Ferrari significantly clear of the field, albeit with the caveat that reigning World Champions Mercedes did not use Pirelli’s new-for-2018 pink-ringed compound. “I...
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