Kimi Raikkonen says Alfa Romeo could be anywhere between fourth and last in close midfield battle. Kimi was lifted by the progress made with Alfa Romeo’s C38.

Alfa Romeo Racing Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen has recently admitted that the team could be anywhere between fourth and last in Formula 1 as a result of the anticipated closely-contested nature of the midfield, ahead of the 2019 season, which will start in less than 10 days.

Renault, Toro Rosso, Haas, McLaren, and Alfa Romeo drivers all posted best times within a few tenths during suspected low-fuel runs on the softest tyre during testing in Spain. Racing Point was a little further off, with the struggling Williams adrift at the back of the pack: “I think they’ve [Alfa Romeo] been doing a good job the last year already, and just growing up.” – Kimi explained – “But nothing is guaranteed; if we are fifth or 10th who knows. I think it’s going to be quite close between the mid-pack and if do your job well you’ll be higher up than on off-days when you don’t do it well so we’ll just do the best job we can and go for the first race. We’ll give our best and see what we get in our first race and work from there.” – he added.

Kimi Raikkonen was nevertheless lifted by the progress made with Alfa Romeo’s C38 through pre-season testing: “We’re not 100 per cent where we want to be but I think if you ask anybody they’re going to say the same,” he said – “I think there’s nothing negative. Obviously, we want to improve as anybody, there’s always things to improve on the car, we don’t know where we are and we’ll find out very soon.” – Alfa Romeo Racing Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen concluded.