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Kimi Raikkonen unsure how he lost pole to Sebastian Vettel

Kimi Raikkonen says his final effort of Q3 in China was error-free despite missing out on pole position to Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel.

Raikkonen looked set to secure his first career pole in Shanghai, but an impressive final sector from Vettel -- having been slower than the Finn in the opening two sectors of the lap -- saw him snatch top spot and secure his second pole of 2018. The eventual margin between the pair was just 0.087s as Ferrari comfortably defeated Mercedes.

Speaking about his final lap in qualifying, Raikkonen said: "Nothing really happened. I lost some time but it's not like I made some big mistake.