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Raikkonen not giving up

After a sequence of races in which he has struggled to match Ferrari team mate Felipe Massa, Kimi Raikkonen found himself back on the podium in third at Hungary after Massa's engine exploded while leading. For the Finn it was a sign that he should never give up.

"The team has worked hard to be ready for the race at Valencia, the first of the last part of the season," Raikkonen said. "From now on every single race will be extremely important and every single point wil have a great value: the less there are the more important they become."

"I know Valencia, because we've done several tests here last winter, but now we're racing in the city on a new track: I'm sure it will be a great atmosphere," he added. "I've seen the new track only from the position of an on-board camera and it seems to be very fast for a street circuit. I always love to drive on new tracks and I am always very quick to know them. I can't wait to race at Valencia."

"Again this season shows that you should never give up," he went on. "There were some races, where things didn't go well, but for one reason or the other I was able to collect some precious points. My position after Hungary is better than before the race. We haven't lost anything, but we need to get better results, consistently. I think that the outcome of the Championship will be very tight, with Ferrari and McLaren very close together in terms of performance and three drivers in a position to win the title. I need to have at least one point more than my competitors after the last race of the season: this is the sole aim, the rest is details."

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