Kimi Raikkonen declared the Ferrari Formula 1 team's Italian Grand Prix qualifying result a "big surprise" as he led team-mate Sebastian Vettel in a home two-three on the Monza grid. Continue after the cut
The Ferrari duo got between Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, lapping two tenths off pole position despite the champion team's dominant Friday form and substantial engine upgrade, while Ferrari has only made small changes to its power unit this weekend.
"In a way it's a big surprise that we are this strong compared to Mercedes. People always talk so much about Friday, but it's just Friday - you do whatever you want and it's not about the laptimes. It's pointless to say we were bad yesterday, we just did our stuff we normally do and if you end up first or 10th it makes no difference. It turned out in qualifying that it all worked out well for us. We're still not happy with second or third, but this was a place where we expected it to be a bit more difficult because of the circuit layout, so it's a big surprise."
The result marks Raikkonen's first front row appearance since he took second on the 2013 Chinese GP grid with Lotus.
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