Top test marks for Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus headed Ferrari's Fernando Alonso as the Formula One teams completed pre-season testing in Spain yesterday. Raikkonen, 32, who returns to F1 this season after two years in rallying, set a time 0.22 seconds faster than Alonso.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was sixth fastest on Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya behind Williams's Bruno Senna, Force India's Nico Hülkenberg and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi.
Red Bull's world champion Sebastian Vettel was slowest after a day beset by problems. He caused a delay when he ran off the track, damaging his front wing and diffuser, and then suffered gearbox problems.
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