Kimi Raikkonen “not too disappointed” with Hungarian GP outcome, despite being “faster than McLaren”. Kimi believes Alfa Romeo had more pace than McLaren.

Alfa Romeo Racing Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen admitted that his team had more pace at the Hungarian Grand Prix than McLaren but in the end could not get the overtake done. Carlos Sainz claimed P5 for McLaren, with Kimi Raikkonen crossing the line P7 to earn a fourth points finish in the last five races.

The Finn went into the weekend with little expectation and so was surprised with the pace Alfa Romeo had in the race, so much so that he believed they were faster than his former employer.

“I don’t know really because I didn’t expect much,” said Kimi Raikkonen when asked if he was happy with P7 – “Obviously I had no idea where we were going to end up after Friday, but actually the car was behaving very well. I thought we had more speed than McLaren at the beginning, but then after the pit stop we knew that it was impossible to overtake and I had to save the tyres for the end. We lost one position in the pit stop, we gained one, so maybe the only thing we could have done better was stop a lap earlier but that’s how it goes. I’ll take the points and move on. Look forward to spending the summer break with my family, but I’m also happy for all the people in the team, as they work incredibly hard and deserve some time off” – Alfa Romeo Racing Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen concluded at the end of the 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix.