Raikkonen’s change paid off

Kimi Raikkonen was altogether happy after scoring his first 2008 pole position at Barcelona on Saturday. The current champion responded well to a late challenge from Fernando Alonso to grab pole position in, get this..less than a tenth of a second.

“It’s been a long time since my last pole last year, so it was a nice experience, We’ve been trying to get it and have always made mistakes so we haven’t been able to do it.” he said.

“We’ve been trying to get it and have always made mistakes so we haven’t been able to do it.

“For sure starting from pole should give us a better chance tomorrow. It’s only qualifying but it’s still a good place to be.” he said during the official press briefing on ITV Sport.

Raikkonen also mentioned Ferrari had taken a different road with the set-up of his F2008 in Spain, giving him more confidence in the car from the start of the weekend.

Raikkonen is leading the drivers’ standings by three points from BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld.