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Minggu, 18 April 2010

Kimi: I was sliding a bit in a few points

Kimi Räikkönen continued his impressive run in the Turkish WRC rally

Kimi Räikkönen is firmly attached to the sixth position of the Rally of Turkey. Federico Villagra, who is driving in seventh position, is 32 seconds away and Sebastien Ogier is ahead by well over a minute.

-Well yeah, it went okay. We improved a bit again from the morning. That's the main thing. It's difficult to make comparisons to other people when you don't know what you're comparing. There's no point in comparing ourselves to the top drivers yet, said Räikkönen at the end of the day shivering in the chilly Istanbul weather.

In Turkey Räikkönen has been able to try rallying on asphalt for the first time. The surface is familiar to Räikkönen from F1.

-It's not proper asphalt driving with those tyres. It was also a bit wet on the penultimate stage. It was damn slippery. We came pretty calmly. I was sliding a bit in a few points.

If Räikkönen makes it to the finish line in one piece and keeps his sixth position he will collect eight championship points.

-We'll try to keep the position. A lot can still happen. Let's see what we can do.

Six more spacial stages will be driven on Sunday.

Source: Iltalehti.fi
Courtesy: Dracaena