BRITISH GRAND PRIX
Silverstone, Sunday 11th June 2006
Kimi Raikkonen MP4-21 06
Juan Pablo Montoya MP4-21 05
T-car (Juan Pablo) MP4-21 04
Team McLaren Mercedes drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo
Montoya finished today's British Grand Prix at Silverstone
in third and sixth positions respectively. Both were on two-stop
strategies which saw Kimi coming in on laps 19 (8.6 seconds)
and 42 (8.0 seconds) and Juan Pablo on laps 20 (10.2 seconds)
and 45 (6.6 seconds). Kimi improves to third position in the
Drivers' Championship with 33 points whilst Juan Pablo remains
fifth with 26 points. Team McLaren Mercedes is third in the
Constructors' rankings with 59 points.
KIMI RAIKKONEN
"I made a good start off the line and was able to maintain
my second place. However I was not fast enough on the straights
to pass Alonso. After the Safety Car came back in I could
close the gap a bit, but that was it really. I suffered from
oversteer towards the end of the race which allowed Fisichella
to close up. However I wasn't too worried as I knew it would
be almost impossible for him to actually overtake. We were
not as quick as Alonso and Schumacher and third place was
the maximum possible, but I think the good news is that this
weekend has shown we are moving in the right direction and
are getting more and more competitive."
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA
"A big shame that Villeneuve lost control and hit the
side of my car as we were coming into the first corner at
the start, as our car and strategy would have seen us have
a much stronger race. The impact created a big hole in the
sidepod and consequently I struggled a bit with the balance
throughout the race. Apart from that the race was relatively
quiet as there was not much I could do. I was able to conserve
my engine which is positive coming into Canada where we aim
to continue our progress."
RON DENNIS
"As we have shown both in Monaco and here at Silverstone
we have closed some of the gap to our principal competitor
Renault and our efforts to win will continue at the Paul Ricard
test this coming week. Kimi and Juan Pablo's post race comments
summarise our weekend well, and the entire team is looking
forward to the next race in Canada."
NORBERT HAUG
"A solid achievement by Kimi, Juan Pablo and the team.
The performance was better today than in Barcelona which shows
that we are heading in the right direction. We will push further
– that's promised."
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