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Raikkonen enjoyed French Grand Prix more than Monaco and Canada

18:32, 25 Jun 2018

byJake Williams-Smith

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.”