Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene says his team’s double non-finish at the Mexican Grand Prix will act as a “good lesson” for the team.
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But while Bottas was the one knocked out of the race in Russian Federation, this time around Raikkonen came off second best.
The impact broke Raikkonen’s suspension, which put him out of the race, but the Williams driver was able to continue and finished third.
In last month’s Russian Grand Prix, Raikkonen shunted Bottas into the barriers on the last lap while trying to pass to secure third place.
The time penalty Raikkonen collected for that move demoted him to eighth after the race and allowed Mercedes to retain their constructor’s title.
The matter was investigated by the stewards but unlike in Russian Federation where Raikkonen was hit with a penalty, Sunday’s collision was deemed it a racing incident.
“Not much to talk about”.
“About the accident with Bottas, there are always two different ways to look at things, everybody can have their own view, but to be honest I did not expect a much different end result”, he said. “I was on the inside and we touched, but I had no space to go [into]”.
“Maybe it would have given us a better chance of getting to the podium”.
“It was tight. If you ask him, for sure he’s going to blame me”. But obviously it was quite slippery there so he locked a bit the front wheel.
However, when the safety auto was brought after Vettel spun at Turn Seven on Lap 52 when the majority of the race leaders pitted for new tyres, he said he just didn’t have enough pace. “But I think the auto was generally good, good to drive”.
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“He was closing the door, but he was not next to me, but it was too late and I had a bad feeling into turn two and three”. Ricciardo, who clashed with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in the first corner, fought hard among the top six throughout the race. “But, hey, it ended up like this”.
