2017 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
I guess for a start , compared to last year , I ’ ve started the race . That helped . I had my so far the only – and I hope it stays that way – DNS last year here so not even starting was quite a disappointment . And then , I don ’ t now , [ Kiki Raikkonen ] was behind the Red Bull in the opening of the lap and so obviously we ’ ve seen that it ’ s quite tricky to pass . I was a bit faster in the opening stint than Valtteri but I couldn ’ t really get close enough and I guess he probably lost a bit of time and then I just saw the final result . I don ’ t know what happened to his race but I think he came back to fourth , not finishing too far behind Valtteri so I think for both of us the car probably worked really well and yeah , I think it depends on ... from my own experience , how the opening lap goes and so on , but this has usually been a very very good hunting ground for Kimi , so maybe the time loss on Friday for him with the issue he had in the car didn ’ t help but yeah , you do your own race and then I ’ m sure we will talk about it afterwards .
GPI