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Raikkonen blames lock-up for missing Silverstone pole

Kimi Raikkonen felt that he had the pace to be on pole position for the British Grand Prix in today's qualifying session at Silverstone. "I think I had all the tools today to be faster," the Ferrari driver said after the chequered flag. "But I locked the front wheel into 16 a bit on the last lap. "To be sure, that gave away enough time to be on front. But then that's how it goes. "We had first and last sector but in the middle obviously I think I had a small moment on the first try, the first set, into turn 7, so I took it a bit easier. "I was still gaining but I’m sure there were places to gain a tenth easily but obviously it didn’t happen today, so this...
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