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Raikkonen was ‘scared' he would be hit

Kimi Raikkonen made a dramatic start to the Austrian GP, sticking his Ferrari's nose between the two Mercedes as he muscled his way to second place. The Ferrari driver started Sunday's 71-lap Austrian Grand Prix from third on the grid but was running second at Turn 1 as he made a flying, and bold start. However, a small mistake meant he ran wide and lost position, falling back to fourth behind the two Mercedes and Max Verstappen. 'I had to back off a little bit because they were going to squeeze together, my decision was already gone there,' he explained. 'I was scared I was going to be hit. 'But after that we ran wide and lost places.' Another look at Kimi threading the needle at the...
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