May 25 (GMM) Stewards at the Monaco grand prix decided against penalising Kimi Raikkonen, but the reigning world champion did not escape the venom of some observers as he lost his championship lead on Sunday.
Not only did the Ferrari driver conspicuously lack pace on the famous street circuit, he damaged his front wing in one unforced off, and later wiped out poor Adrian Sutil after messing up his braking in the closing stages of the race.The FIA representatives interviewed Raikkonen about the Sutil incident but ruled that no action should be taken.When he faced the less forgiving press corps, however, the 28-year-old Finn and reigning world champion was asked whether it had been the "worst race of his life", and why his pace seemed "so far off" the frontrunners, including his teammate Felipe Massa."I can not understand how the highest paid driver can have a race as stupid as that," triple world champion and former Ferrari driver Niki Lauda said in his role as a German TV analyst on Sunday.