So pre-season testing got underway in February and the E20 lived up to all expectation as it proved to be extremely quick as both Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean topped the time sheets. However ahead of the final Winter test the team discovered a problem with the E20 chassis which meant they had to send the car back to Enstone to be repaired as a result there were question marks over whether the team would make it to the first race of the season in Melbourne.
To everyone's delight the team made it and not only that but Kimi qualified in 17th place, not a good qualifying on his return to F1 however the Finn drove a brilliant race and finished in the points in 7th place. From Australia it was on to Malaysia where again Kimi did a great job qualifying in 10th and finished in a fantastic fifth place.
Following a strategy error while challenging Nico Rosberg Kimi fell down the order and eventually finished the race in 14th place.
From China, the F1 circus moved on to Bahrain where Kimi qualified down in 11th place but had a fantastic race challenging RedBull's Sebastian Vettel for the lead but eventually finishing the race in 2nd place taking his first podium finish in his comeback season. So in just in just four race's into his comeback the ICEMAN was on the podium, a feat that Michael Schumacher had failed to achieve in nearly three year's since his F1 return.
From Bahrain, F1 returned to Europe where the sport would unite in an incredible way. TO BE CONTINUED
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