Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen says he had “hardly any brakes” during the final 10 laps of the Canadian Grand Prix, compounding a difficult race for the Finn.
The 2007 Formula 1 world champion dropped to sixth at the start, behind both Red Bull drivers, and lost another place by running wide through the exit of Turn 7 at the restart.
Ferrari put Raikkonen on a two-stop strategy to make the most of fresher tyres and challenge the Force Indias towards the end, but his car developed an issue, which send him wide at the final chicane, dropping behind team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
His pace dropped off towards the end of the race with a brake problem, but he still managed to finish in seventh place.
“At the start, I got wheelspin off the line and obviously we lost quite a few places,” he explained.
“From that moment it was not an easy race: I struggled in the first few laps, it was difficult to get past.
“We decided to switch our tactics to two stops to create a speed difference with fresh tyres. We had a very good pace again and we were nicely going back close to the guys in front.
“Unfortunately, we had the issue with the brakes and we could not really use our speed. In the last ten laps, I had hardly no brakes; it’s a pity but at least we could bring the car back and get some points.
“It was not an easy day for the team but this is how it goes sometimes. If this is our bad day, then we have to take it and go forward.”
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