SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS -- Kimi Raikkonen decided to give Sebastian Vettel a crucial tow on the final part of his teammate's Q3 attempt after making a mistake which compromised his own lap.
Raikkonen was in third, one place ahead of Vettel, going into the final run of Q3. The Finn soon bailed out of that lap, which he had started before Vettel, after getting wide at Turn 9 and losing time.
With the long, fast final sector still to come and the other Ferrari a few corners behind, Raikkonen opted to allow Vettel to catch him and move into his slipstream -- a situation beneficial to the following car as it results in lower drag and higher top speed.