Distracted Raikkonen admits to crash blunder

Kimi Raikkonen took full responsibility for running into the back of Alfa Romeo team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi after just one lap, saying he was distracted by changing a switch on his steering wheel. Raikkonen hit the rear of Giovinazzi’s car while following the Italian on the main straight at the start of the second lap, leaving the Finn with front-wing damage that ended his race. “It was my mistake,” said Raikkonen. “I was checking something on the steering wheel, changing a switch that I got wrong coming out of the last corner, so I had to change it again and then I just drove into him.” It compounded a miserable day for Alfa Romeo as its bid to overturn Raikkonen’s Imola penalty for not pitting after losing places behind the safety car was rejected…

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