In the race for GP of Japan is popular Iceman remained for the fifth time in a row empty hands, as he crossed the finish line in Suzuki as 14. "It was a very boring day, that's for sure”Said the Finn after the race. “I don’t know why, but we didn’t have the right grip and speed in the first two stints. When we switched to soft tires, the car was good and I had a feeling I was suddenly three or four seconds faster. This is very unusual."
Raikkonen now he hopes to find out exactly where he is as soon as possible find their problems. "Both race cars were driving with different aerodynamics packages this weekend and now we are all hoping to find out what is what and to get back to where we should be and that is to fight for points.“After a good first half of the season where the Finn won 32 points, but it goes from race to They connect with Alpha all wrong. They have only won since then three points and he won you over Antonio Giovinazzi.
With 35 points, Alpha is on eighth place. Toro Rosso (59) in Racing Point (54) they ran away from them, breathing behind their necks Haas (28). "We went to the race hoping to score points, but in the end we couldn't fight for the top ten after the first laps,”Said the team boss Frederic Vasseur, who also guesses: "In the final phase of the race, we had a much better speed on the soft tires, which is why we need to check what happened and analyze the data to ensure that we can drive at the same level throughout the race. In such a tight field, we always have to get the most out of the car, otherwise the competition will be ahead of us."
