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Raikkonen's Arctic Rally, after the tree jumped in front of him....Raikkonen then drove through the third stage and made it back to the service area in Rovaniemi, although he incurred time penalties getting to stage three. The time was lost because he was stuck in a snowbank on stage 2, until some spectators showed up with shovels to help them out.
I have read reports elsewhere that it is now confirmed that he hit Luca di Montezemolo's ego!
The team replaced the radiator and oil cooler along with bodywork at the front of the C4 WRC in the 20-minute service. Raikkonen left service seven minutes late, which is expected to add a further 1m10s of penalties to his overall total.
He takes total responsibility for the crash and misheard the pace notes. Kimi's later stage times are very credible, running within 0.5 - 0.8 secs/klm of Sordo.
He wass back and running times 2nd fastest to Sordo on all three of the afternoon's stages.....
Kimi ran 3rd SS only 12 secs slower than Sordo! Less than 1 sec per km loss after crashing out is quite impressive really, especially when Sordo has 100 or so rallies more experience, mostly in the C4! He made adjustments to the C4 WRC at service ahead of the final stage in northern Finland in the evening. He adjusted the suspension on the car to assist turn-in to corners, while also working to help with traction at the back of the car.
Kimi's brother Rami, driving Kimi's own Fiat Punto had a triple roll! He also is continuing.
Sordo remains clear at the head of the field.
There are six further stages tomorrow, with three of those repeated.
Kimi has set his sights firmly on improving his pace tomorrow.
