Kimi Raikkonen believes he did not have the pace to be victorious at Valencia – Formula 1 news

Kimi Raikkonen says that he did not have enough speed during the European Grand Prix to claim his first victory after his comeback.

Valencia GP turned out to be a scintillating race. The unpredictability of the season was best personified in during the European GP as Sebastian Vettel who looked to be the sure shot winner of the race after he took a huge 20 second lead over the second placed Lewis Hamilton.

An altercation between Heikki Kovalainen and Jean-Eric Vergne caused the safety car to come out and Vettel's lead was nullified.

Later Vettel's car had a technical fault and the German had to retire. Hamilton took the lead from Vettel and Raikkonen was in at third in the final stages of the race.


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