Raikkonen enjoyed French Grand Prix more than Monaco and Canada

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18:32, 25 Jun 2018

Kimi Raikkonen believes that the French Grand Prix was more fun than the Monaco and Canadian Grand Prix's. Both race prior had been deemed boring however the Finn said he enjoyed F1's return to France.

The Ferrari driver recovered from a poor start to finish third after a chaotic lap one and went on to capitalise on the wounded Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo to take the final podium position.

"At the start, we lost two places; I was on the outside and then the accident at the first corner happened, and it was a quite messy situation.

“I tried to stay out of trouble but chose the wrong side of the track. After that I was able to recover.

“I had a good feeling with the car, especially after we had our pit stop and put the Supersoft tires on. We had a good speed through the whole race.

“We decided to do a very long stint with the first set and it lasted very well; only towards the end it got a bit tricky.

"Then, with the new tires, the car was very good and I could race and actually pass other drivers; it was a lot more fun than the last two races.”

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Raikkonen enjoyed French Grand Prix more than Monaco and Canada

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