Kimi Raikkonen It is one of the great attractions of the race of NASCAR’s Watkins Glen contested this Sunday, the penultimate round of the regular season. The Nordic driver started in 27th and staged a great comeback at the wheel of car number 91 of trackhouse racing, reached ninth place. However, things ended harshly for the 2009 F1 world champion, who decided to withdraw from the Grand Circus last year.
On lap 44 (of 90), the Finn was involved in an accident and got the worst of it. ‘ice man‘ was outside the chicane of the circuit and saw how they threw him on the track without doing anything to avoid it. His tire was damaged due to that crash and he was unable to continue, according to the pilot himself after getting out of his car.
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“I had a good line, but unfortunately I didn’t have time to react,” Finn told NBC Sports. “In the first impact there was a direct hit on the wheel or wheels.”
“I don’t know if I’ll be back, but it’s great,” Raikkonen said. “I felt more confident the whole time and had some good battles. The car felt very fast, but sometimes things are like that”, he concluded about his debut in the famous American competition.
Kyle Larson beat his teammate Hendrick Motorsports, Chase Elliotton the last restart and stayed ahead to win the race for NASCAR Cup Series in Watkins Glen Internationalwhere Daniel Suarez then fifth and Kimi Raikkonen had to leave.
Source: La Verdad
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