Raikkonen: Good thing we have two days of testing now!

20:20, 13 May 2019
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Kimi Raikkonen says Alfa Romeo Racing needs to turn things around and targetted the post-Spanish Grand Prix test as crucial in improving the team's form.
Alfa Romeo slumped to a 14th and 16th place finish at Barcelona, with Raikkonen beating Antonio Giovinazzi once more.
However, the Finn admitted the performance was not good enough having missed out on points by some distance on the Sunday of the race.
Speaking afterwards, Raikkonen said it was a good thing that there were two days of testing coming up as the team needs to identify where it went wrong ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix.
"What can I say? Good that we have two days of testing ahead," he said.
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"We need that and hopefully we can figure out what the problems are. Overall it was not an easy weekend for us - having said that, at the end of the race we had the same speed as the guys in front of us but there was only so much we could do with that.
"Me going wide in lap 1 didn't help, but after the start I desperately tried to gain a few positions but it was slippery and I went wide. Pretty disappointing, but as I said, the test will hopefully help to turn things around."
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