Kimi Raikkonen's phenomenal start to US GP: Five places gained!

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11:45, 07 Nov 2019

In his own words, he "could just as well have been the last" in Austin. Kimi Raikkonen finished eleventh in the Grand Prix of the United States and therefore again did not score points. The racing skills of the Iceman certainly did not depend on it: At the start of the race, the Finn raced extremely skillfully past five competitors, to ride P11 again at the end of lap one. Not a bad start from P17!

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ALGO DE LO QUE NO SE VIO AYER La gran primer vuelta que dio Kimi Raikkonen en Austin. Dónde arrancó en P17 y remontó 5 posiciones en las primeras 4 curvas. Al final de la vuelta ya era P11!

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	219
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	169
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	160
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	138
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	128
6	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	109
7	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	92
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	68
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	43
10	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	42
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	23
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
13	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	10
15	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
16	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
17	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	2
19	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
20	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
21	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
22	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0

Kimi Raikkonen's phenomenal start to US GP: Five places gained!

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