“We can be competitive” on “new track in Portugal” – Kimi Raikkonen. Kimi previews the next round.

Alfa Romeo Racing drivers Kimi Räikkönen, Antonio Giovinazzi and Team Principal Frédéric Vasseur preview the next round of the 2020 Formula 1 season:

Kimi Räikkönen (car number 7):
“Portugal is a new track for all of us and I don’t think any driver has any experience there in current machinery, so we are all starting on the same level. At the cost of sounding repetitive, the situation as we go to Portugal is not too different from all the other races. We need to do a good job both on Saturday and Sunday, the car is improving but if we make our life hard in qualifying it is quite difficult to make up ground in the race. We have seen in the last few races that we can be competitive so hopefully we will be in the mix this weekend as well.”

Antonio Giovinazzi (car number 99):
“The last few races gave us a welcome bit of confidence: it’s always a positive feeling to fight in the top ten and bring home points, so that has to remain the objective for Portugal. I have raced there in F3 in 2015 but, besides knowing the track layout, I don’t think that experience will mean much with one of the modern F1 cars. I think it’ll be a fun track to drive, it has a lot of changes of elevations and should make for some good racing: I would be happy to make some good memories there.”

Frédéric Vasseur, Team Principal Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN and CEO Sauber Motorsport AG:
“The Algarve circuit is another step into the unknown for the team, another new venue where we will start our race weekend from scratch. As a team, we’ve been pretty agile in adapting to a new track and we’ve brought home points from both occasions in which we’ve visited a new – or newish – venue, so we can aim to be on the pace once more this weekend. We have been fighting within or just outside the points in recent weekends, which is a good step forward, but we cannot stop trying to make progress as the midfield remains hugely competitive.”