Kimi: I didn't press wrong button.

McLaren-Mercedes driver, Kimi Raikkonen has dismissed suggestions the reason he stalled at the Australian Grand Prix, was because he pressed the wrong button.

The Finn told the media during Thursday's FIA press conference at Sepang that that was definitely not the case.

"I didn't press any wrong button," he insisted.

"I just let the clutch out a little too much and the car just stopped.

"Basically, usually, it should under-stall, but it didn't go and this time it stalled the engine. It was my mistake and it cost us quite a bit."

Reflecting on Melbourne a bit more Kimi added that while the result wasn't very good, he is confident the MP4-20 does have the pace to match the likes of Renault and Ferrari.

"I think we were unlucky with the qualifying and with the weather [in Australia]," he reflected.

"Quite a lot of people were stopped. And then I stalled the car on the start and that didn't help, but I think the race pace was pretty good so, looking at how the car usually runs here, better on this circuit than Melbourne, I think we should have a pretty good package."