Raikkonen has diffuser concerns

by - 4/09/2009 12:46:00 p.m.

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen believes diffusers may be the deciding factor in this season's title race.

A formal complaint has been made against the three fastest teams (Brawn GP, Williams and Toyota) about the legality of their diffusers.
Former World Champion Raikkonen said: "The FIA's Court of Appeal will decide about the diffuser and this decision will have an enormous impact on the championship.

"We're missing grip and downforce. You just need to analyse the performance in the three sectors at Sepang to understand that we're losing a lot compared to the best cars. You could see it especially in the middle sector where downforce is really crucial.

"We need more downforce and we're working very hard on it. We still don't have any points after two races and this is a very difficult moment. We've seen other moments like this, but we know how to react and we'll do it already at Shanghai."

The Finn added: "At the start KERS works really well, as we could see last Sunday. It can give much more on this track (China), but at the moment we've still got some teething problems - I could see that myself in Malaysia.

"On Friday the cockpit filled with smoke, while on Sunday water infiltrated the KERS which lead to the destruction of its insulation and I had to stop."

[via Fox News]

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