ꦗKimi Raikkonen has explained his side of the incident that saw him hit a mechanic with his car at his second pit stop during Sunday’s Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix.

ܫRaikkon♒en retired from the race when in podium contention after hitting the crew member on the left-rear side of his car, having pulled away from his box before the wheel was attached.

Francesco Cigarini was taken to hospital where he was found to have suffered a fractured fibula and shin﷽bone.

Raikkonen confirmed the green light on Ferrari’s traffic light system above his head was on, telling him to go, but that🐭 the team was yet to find out how that happened before the left-rear wheel was attached.


“I don’t know yet, we’ll see. My job is to go when the light changes green,” Raikkone🍷n said.

“That’s𒀰 the only thing what we look. Unfortun꧑ately, one of the guys paid a hefty price on whatever the mistake is.

“So, for sure, not very good.”

Raikkonen confirmed the issue that saw the left-re🎃ar wheel fail to attach properly was related to the problem that emerged in FP2, when he was forced to park his car up at the sid🐭e of the track.

The issue denied the Fin♕n a possible ninth podium in Bahrain, having been sat third at the time.

“I was told to stop because obviously the rear tyre wasn't on properly. It’s pretty similar wh🍎at happened earlier, on Friday, but obviously we stopped much earlier,” Raikkonen said.

“It doesn’t matter how good unfortunately thiꦑngs are: if you don’t finish, you don’t score points, it’s obviously far from wha🥀t I want.

“But this i🌟s unfortunately what happened. There’s nothing I can change so we’ll try to do betไter next time.”