Comparing Kimi Raikkonen’s Performances for Ferrari in 2014 and 2015

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Published: January 1, 2016

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Before his return to Ferrari for 2014, Kimi Raikkonen had finished ahead of his team-mate in the Formula One drivers' championship in all but three of his 11 seasons in the sport. The exceptions were his first two years in F1 and the 2008 season—the year after his lone world championship—when Felipe Massa outscored him and nearly won the title at the final race.

Even after the now-36-year-old Finn's hiatus in 2010 and 2011, he came back and won two races in two seasons for Lotus, finishing well ahead of Romain Grosjean both years.

But since Raikkonen re-signed with Ferrari for the 2014 season, which coincided with F1's introduction of V6 hybrid power units and new, lower-downforce aerodynamic regulations, he has been dominated by two successive team-mates.

Ferrari produced a much better car and engine in 2015 than the previous year, so Raikkonen's overall results were better than in 2014. But how much of that improvement is down to the car? Was he actually better relative to his team-mate and to the performance that could be expected from the Ferrari SF15-T?

Recently, Raikkonen told ESPN F1's Laurence Edmondson: "It's not like suddenly I am becoming a worse driver. ... It has improved [since 2014], speed wise it is a lot better. It's not nice, but I have to say it: it has not been a very good year. It's still been a lot better than last year, but it's no fun sometimes when you are having a difficult time."



In 2014, Fernando Alonso outscored Raikkonen 161 to 55. Last year, Sebastian Vettel beat him 278 to 150.

Granted, Alonso and Vettel are two of the best drivers of their generation, but Raikkonen was in the same realm...was.

The past two years have put a dent in the Finn's reputation as he has struggled to get comfortable with the new generation of F1 cars. NBC commentator Will Buxton suggested on his personal blog in 2014 that Raikkonen was strugg...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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