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Bahrain: Kimi Raikkonen took his third podium finish of the season and Romain Grosjean his first after a superb second and third place result in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. After emulating the 2-3 result of the same result as last year, Lotus F1 Team returns to second position in the Constructors\u2019 Championship with Kimi leading the chase of leader Sebastian Vettel from second in the Drivers\u2019 standings.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Romain Grosjean<\/strong> said that it\u2019s great to be back on the podium. \u201cIt\u2019s great to be back on the podium and it\u2019s a fantastic result for the team. It hasn\u2019t been an easy start to the season for me, but we made good progress through the weekend and are now back to where we should be. I felt much more comfortable in the car and the result today is a deserved reward for everyone after all our hard work. It was a really enjoyable race with a lot of overtaking and a couple of tense moments along the way, so to come from P11 through to the podium is really satisfying. We\u2019ve had consistency already, finishing every race in the points, but now it\u2019s the big results we\u2019re chasing and this is a very good start to that challenge,\u201d said Grosjean.<\/p>\n By ISN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kimi Raikkonen<\/strong> said that he was happy for the team. \u201cYou\u2019re never really happy if you don\u2019t win, but I suppose second place is as close as you can get. I drove to the maximum and the car had the pace that we missed in qualifying yesterday so it was a pretty good result. We didn\u2019t have the speed to challenge Sebastian [Vettel] today but we did have the pace to get both cars on the podium so I\u2019m happy for the team,\u201d said Raikkonen.\n<\/p>\n
Eric Boullier, Team Principal, sais that he was delighted for the whole team<\/strong>. “Here we are again, just like in 2012! This time around though it was much more difficult \u2013 especially after a qualifying performance which fell below our expectations \u2013 but we\u2019ve shown flashes of pace throughout the weekend and confirmed that speed when it mattered today. The win was not quite within our reach after the start we made, but to come away with a double podium when the top six would maybe have been a more realistic pre-race target was a great performance from everybody involved. I\u2019m delighted for the whole team here in Bahrain and back at Enstone; it\u2019s a well-deserved result,\u201d said Boullier.<\/p>\nBahrain: Kimi Raikkonen took his third podium finish of the season and Romain Grosjean his first after a superb second and third place result in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. After emulating the 2-3 result of the same result as last year, Lotus F1 Team returns to second position in the Constructors\u2019 Championship with Kimi leading the chase of leader Sebastian Vettel from second in the Drivers\u2019 standings.<\/p>\n
Kimi Raikkonen<\/strong> said that he was happy for the team. \u201cYou\u2019re never really happy if you don\u2019t win, but I suppose second place is as close as you can get. I drove to the maximum and the car had the pace that we missed in qualifying yesterday so it was a pretty good result. We didn\u2019t have the speed to challenge Sebastian [Vettel] today but we did have the pace to get both cars on the podium so I\u2019m happy for the team,\u201d said Raikkonen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[3889,8693,2186,7074,6293,1695,8491,1435,1694],"class_list":["post-14631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing-racing","tag-bahrain-grand-prix","tag-eric-boullier","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-indian-sports-news-network","tag-kimi-raikkonen","tag-lotus-f1-team","tag-romain-grosjean","tag-sebastian-vettel"],"yoast_head":"\n