Ferrari racer Kimi Raikkonen was a little disappointed to only manage eighth place in the recent British Grand Prix, especially after such a promising start.

The Finn was very happy with some very interesting improvements on  his F60 at the Silverstone event, such as an improved front suspension and a new front wing...

“On such a fast track it was important to understand how much downforce we could have: we can say for sure that the car wasn't bad in terms of the set up, but we're still missing downforce to be able to compete with the leaders. Having said that, the developments go in the right direction,” he said.

Qualifying seemed very promising and he was very happy with his lap in Q2, but then, when he had refuelled, the car didn't seem to perform as well as it did previously and he only managed to qualify in ninth place for Sunday afternoon’s race.

“Starting from the fifth row my goal was to gain some points,” he said.

The lights went out and this time he had a good start and even though the main straight is quite long, it wasn't quite long enough to pass the Williams of Kazuki Nakajima.

“I came on the grass and then I was in fifth position, impossible to gain more, because my first stint was too short,” he explained. “I couldn't overtake: in the fast corners at Silverstone it's very difficult to stay behind the car in front of you, especially when you have less fuel on board than the first ten cars on the grid. So I had a difficult race. In the end I gained one point. Better than nothing, but still a poor result. We are on position four in the Constructors' Championship and I think that this is our current value. We're out there fighting for third position, but the two teams on the top are still ahead of us in terms of performance.”

With the British Grand Prix now little more than a distant memory, Kimi and the entire F1 circus has two whole weeks to get ready for the last two races before the summer break.

“The first of these two races is at the Nuerburgring,” he said. “We'll go there with some improvements. It's a track with more slow corners and more braking points than the English circuit. We have to be more competitive, but it will also depend from the improvements the others can make. As usual. I want to congratulate Sebastian for his great race. If the Brawns had some problems we could benefit: the next circuit is very different from Silverstone. We'll see how things go before we make any conclusions.”