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Raikkonen Says Ferrari's Goal is to Stay Ahead of McLaren

The 2007 Formula One world champion said in a press release that his team's main goal is to stay ahead of McLaren in the Constructors' Championship.

The Finn mentioned he was satisfied with third place in Valencia, especially as their car can't compete on the highest level this season. He believes the F60 is very competitive on street circuits and low-speed corners this year.

"Our goal is to fight for a position amongst the first three teams and we’ve reached this goal. It was definitely one of my best weekends so far this year, together with the ones in Monaco and Budapest, obviously from a technical point of view", Kimi said regarding the European Gran Prix.

"This year the car runs very well on the city circuits and on the ones with slower corners. In Valencia I had a very good feeling since Friday’s first practice session, when we drove a lot with lots of petrol on board and we knew that if we could gain a decent result in the qualifying and had a good start we’d have the possibility to fight for a place on the podium – and that is how it went in the end", said Kimi.

"With the points we gained, we are still ahead of McLaren in the Constructors’ Championsip. This is our goal as a team, but it’s very difficult to reach, considering that we stopped developing this car, concentrating on the one for the upcoming season", disclosed Raikkonen.

"In a couple of days we’ll be on the track again for the Belgian GP. The main goal is to hold the standard of the last races, which means that we have to try to get on the podium again. I always loved racing at Spa where I’ve won many times since I started my career in the smaller racing series. This year the situation is slightly different, also because we don’t have a car that’s able to compete on the highest performance level. But we’ll give it our all - and even more - for a good result".

"You need a very good set up for the car for the fast corners in Spa. Overtaking doesn’t happen very often this year so it’s very important to have a good qualifying. We’ll always have the KERS at the start
", concluded the Finn.
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