Pole sitter Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton believes finisnya results in third position in the race session on Sunday (14/4) at the Shanghai Circuit Park indicates that Mercedes still has a lot of work that has not been resolved.
Hamilton, who had led the race in the early laps, lost its position of the Scuderia Ferrari driver, Fernando Alonso on lap five. In the rest of the race, he fought fiercely with Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen.
"I do not know what made us lose. Clearly, our race rhythm is not so good these days. There are several areas that need our cars look and fix it," he said.
Even so, Hamilton admitted quite satisfied to get a podium despite Alonso and Raikkonen drove faster than her.
"Still want to win, I'm pretty happy with third place. They are faster than us. I also had to put pressure on Kimi though could not pass him," added the 2008 world champion.
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Rusmiputro national rider Adrian Ali, managed to finish in seventh position on the first series Superbike European Junior Cup (EJC) in 2013 at Motorland Aragon, Spain on Sunday (14/4)
19-year-old driver started the fight from the ninth position. From start to finish, Ali one after another with 15 riders had occurred even nudge each other.
"I was trying to understand how to fight them. Till the finish flag was raised, I was in the seventh position. Was the best result I can achieve," said the Southeast Asia's sole representative.
Previously, Ali was the first test with the Honda CBR500 on the same circuit. At the first rehearsal, Ali admitted just need a little adjustment on some corners and make some changes to the motor.
Ali also scored 2 minutes 28 seconds in the top five. Later in the prequalification, the 2011 national champion 250cc class was entrenched in the ninth.
Ali will continue his fight in Assen, Netherlands, on 28 April. "We will try harder and be better there," said Ali who expect full support in order to carve a better result.
The following schedule of racing Superbike European Junior Cup (EJC) in 2013:
14 April - Aragon, Spain
April 28 - Assen, Netherlands
May 12 - Monza, Italy
June 30 - Imola, Italy
August 4 - Silverstone, England
1 September - Nurburgring, Germany
October 6 - Magny Cours, France
October 20 - Jerez, Spain
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Kimi Raikkonen admitted quite satisfied with the results finisnya in second place, considering he underwent a bad start in Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday (14/4).
Although initially targeting victory, Lotus driver is quite happy to finish behind Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel able to close the position at the top of the rider standings.
"Still want to win, I think the result is satisfactory. After a bad start, my car's performance is quite good," said Raikkonen.
In addition, Raikkonen also had experienced incidents of scratching with McLaren driver, Sergio Perez in mid-race. This incident makes the car a bit problematic and can not go faster.
"At that time I was the next one, and he forced me off the track. I tried to avoid, but I went into the grass area and hit it. Yet we can still fight for the second position. Without damage, it seems I can be faster. However we will try perform better in the next series, "added Raikkonen.
