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Poor form an 'unpleasant surprise' - Raikkonen
Getty Images Enlarge Kimi Raikkonen said his lack of pace was an "unpleasant surprise" during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. Raikkonen got knocked out in Q2 and will start 11th on Sunday's grid once Daniil Kvyat's grid penalty is taken into account. The Ferrari driver said he struggled with locking the front tyres but denied it was down to the pressure of trying to make the top ten in a tightly-packed field. "There was no [extra] pressure," he said. "I always put pressure on myself to do well but for some reason I kept locking the fronts a bit. I could make one sector good, but not all in a row and that was difficult for us. I was a bit surprised and it...
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