Another grid penalty for Kimi!

Kimi Raikkonen's World Championship hopes have been dealt a serious blow after the Finn suffered another engine failure right at the start of the second practice session on Saturday. The Finn pulled off in the complex without completing a flying lap.

Raikkonen had a failure at Magny-Cours, but was still third fastest in qualifying, despite using a very heavy fuel load. He started the race in 13th, and finished second.

The team will now have to come up with a similarly bold strategy, although he might not find it quite so easy to make progress up the field.

Kimi Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen
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Kimi Raikkonen's World Championship hopes have been dealt a serious blow after the Finn suffered another engine failure right at the start of the second practice session on Saturday. The Finn pulled off in the complex without completing a flying lap.

Raikkonen had a failure at Magny-Cours, but was still third fastest in qualifying, despite using a very heavy fuel load. He started the race in 13th, and finished second.

The team will now have to come up with a similarly bold strategy, although he might not find it quite so easy to make progress up the field.

With Fernando Alonso at the top of the times it looks like the Renault man will have a good chance of extending his championship lead.

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