Raikkonen and Giovinazzi bring out safety car

It was a short Portuguese Grand Prix for Kimi Raikkonen as the Finn's race ended after just one lap. The veteran touched teammate Antonio Giovinazzi, forcing the safety car to come out on track.

02 May 2021

Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi came together after the first lap of the Portuguese GP, forcing the Finn to retire from the race. Raikkonen touched the left rear tyre of his teammates car, resulting in a broken front wing. As a result he parked his car in the gravel, with the safety car forced to come out and clean up the mess.

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Replays show Raikkonen clipped the back of team mate Giovinazzi coming down the main straight, causing the loss of his front wing #PortugueseGP 🇵🇹 #F1 pic.twitter.com/XbasxEuGYe — Formula 1 (@F1) May 2, 2021

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