(© Ben Johnston 2015)
Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Maurizio Arrivabene has
revealed that in December he sat down with the design department at the
Maranello based outfit to ensure that the new SF15-T chassis would suit Kimi
Raikkonen’s driving style.
The Finn who returned to Ferrari in 2014 endured his worst
season in Formula One failing to secure a podium finish and was beaten
comprehensively by team mate Fernando Alonso.
The Spaniard left the team at the end of last season to
re-join McLaren who have a new partnership with Honda. Raikkonen showed as soon
as the new car hit the track during winter testing that it suited his driving
style far more compared to last season’s chassis. This is not the only thing
that has helped the Iceman however as he has a new English engineer with Dave
Greenwood joining the team from Marussia.
While the Finn retired from the first race of the season due
to wheel nut that was not correctly fastened during a pit-stop he followed this
up with two fourth place finishes in Malaysia and China. Last time out in
Bahrain the Finn secured his first podium in over a year as he came home in
second place behind race winner Lewis Hamilton beating new team mate Sebastian
Vettel for the first time this season.
Kimi Raikkonen has praised the work by the Ferrari team over
the winter particularly in the power unit department. The Finn went on to say
that the main thing from last season is that the team have improved everyone.
(© Ben Johnston)
© Ben Johnston 2015
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