6
Kimi Raikkonen has described Ferrari's current form as "painful".
Ferrari have struggled to challenge so far this season, despite promising race wins and a title tilt in pre-season. At the German Grand Prix, the Italian team dropped behind Red Bull in the constructors' standings for the first time this season.
Despite not getting the results the team was after, Raikkonen has said the team will not give up.
"Everybody can see where we finished and it's obviously a bit painful for all of us," said Raikkonen. "But this is how it is right now and we just have to work hard and improve.
"Obviously we want to win and beat everybody, that's always the aim in racing," he continued. "We were ahead of Red Bull, now Red Bull has got ahead of us."
"Hopefully we can challenge both of them [Red Bull and Mercedes] later on but it's not going to be easy."
Formula One now enters a summer break and Raikkonen hopes that the time away from the track will allow Ferrari to close the gap.
"Hopefully we find some tools to make our car quicker," he said. "Obviously, Spa is a completely different layout to here so it might be different.
"But we have work to be done to get where we want to be. We need to improve."
Hockenheimring - 31 July 2016
All this hope about things being better after the summer break:
1) I thought the teams weren't allowed to work on their cars or do any development over the break
2) I thought most of the teams were saying they were now concentrating on the 2017 car
Neither of which sound promising for this years car?
The factory shutdown is only for two weeks and Ferrari have said they are working on both 2016 and 2017
The development of Ferrari has not given enough progress unfortunately.
Such a shame. I was hoping for a few victories this year.
But that is not even going to happen if it stays as it is.
Ah well... there's always next year... :)
Grand Prix of BelgiumLocal time
Grand Prix of BelgiumLocal time
Bahrain International Circuit - Winter testing
M. Verstappen
C. Sainz jr
C. Leclerc
Bahrain
Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit
Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah Street Circuit
Australia
Albert Park
Japan
Circuit Suzuka
United States of America
Miami International Autodrome
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Canada
Gilles Villeneuve
Spain
Circuit de Catalunya
Austria
Red Bull Ring
United Kingdom
Silverstone
Hungary
Hungaroring
Belgium
Spa-Francorchamps
Netherlands
Circuit Zandvoort
Italy
Monza
Azerbaijan
Baku City Circuit
Singapore
Marina Bay Street Circuit
United States of America
Circuit of the Americas
Mexico
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Brazil
Interlagos
United States of America
Las Vegas Street Circuit
United Arab Emirates
Yas Marina Circuit
71,473 comments on Alfa Romeo Racing
65 members have this team as their favourite
Tweets about Kimi Räikkönen
483,653 comments on Ferrari 279 members have this team as their favourite Tweets about Ferrari
ForzaRosso
Posts: 5
The factory shutdown is only for two weeks and Ferrari have said they are working on both 2016 and 2017