F1 order could change at every race
London : Kimi Raikkonen believes Formula 1’s pecking order may change from race to race after a “nice” unpredictable start to the 2018 season.
Ferrari won the first two grands prix of the year before a smart Red Bull strategy allowed Daniel Ricciardo to take victory in China last weekend, meaning the all-conquering Mercedes team of the last four seasons is yet to triumph in 2018.
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes were the benchmark in Australia but a safety car handed victory to Sebastian Vettel, who was the pacesetter in Bahrain and China.
Raikkonen said it was “very hard to say” what the competitive order is.
“If you ask anybody, it’s a bit tricky to give you an answer,” he said. “I think a lot of the end result [in China] depended on whether you had better tyres than others, when you could offset yourself to the others.
“Obviously, it’s a big part of the game, and it made a big difference, [as did] the safety car. “Pure speed, with everybody on the same tyres in a race... it’s difficult, very difficult, to say.
“I think it’s nice like that, for everybody to watch, because nobody really knows.”
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