Kimi Raikkonen has played down the impact of beating Valtteri Bottas to fourth place in the drivers' championship, saying he only cares if he wins.
The two Finns were separated by just one point at the start of the final race, with Bottas holding the slight advantage. However, Raikkonen delivered a strong weekend and finished third in Abu Dhabi, ensuring he finished fourth in the drivers' standings as Bottas failed to score.
Asked if it feels better to have moved up from fifth to fourth and improved on his finish of 12th place last season, Raikkonen replied: "Not really.
"You guys have been asking between me and Valtteri for a long time and still it doesn’t make much difference to me. It’s not what you think, a Finnish championship, it’s a World Championship and there are winners it goes from there.
"If you don’t win, it doesn’t make an awful lot of difference if you’re second, wherever you finish. I’m happy to have had a kind of OK race in the last one but it doesn’t change anything really of how our season went, what to expect for next year. One of the better weekends but we’ll take it and go from here."
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AS IT HAPPENED: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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