<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Emjahweni olandelayo walesi sizini eBarcelona, uRäikkönen wayengajabule ngokusethwa kwemoto futhi wakwazi ukufaneleka kuphela endaweni yesikhombisa. Kodwa-ke, waba ne-lap yokuqala enhle emncintiswaneni futhi wenza izindawo ezi-2 ukuqeda umjaho endaweni yesihlanu. URäikkönen ubizwa ngokuthi iMonaco GP  <response>: iseshini yokuhlolwa ukuba yinhlekelele; wakwazi kuphela ukufaneleka endaweni yesithupha, nomlingani wakhe u-Sebastian Vettel oqeqeshwe endaweni yesithathu, elandelwa nguDaniel Ricciardo noDaniil Kvyat eRed Bulls. Emncintiswaneni, uRäikkönen wakwazi ukukhuphukela endaweni yesihlanu, ngaphambi kokudlulwa nguRicciardo, futhi ngaleyo ndlela wabamba isikhundla sakhe sokufaneleka ukuqeda umjaho endaweni yesithupha. URäikkönen wenza kahle kakhulu eMontreal ukuze athathe indawo yesithathu ngemuva kwabashayeli ababili beMercedes. Ngesikhathi somjaho, ngenkathi esezungeza ngaphandle kwe-pitstop, uRäikkönen wabhekana nokuphindwa kwesigameko emncintiswaneni wonyaka odlule futhi waphenduka nge-hairpin, okwakuthiwa yinkinga yokuhlelwa kwe-torque yenjini. Lokhu kwabangela ukuba alahlekelwe indawo yakhe yesithathu kuValtteri Bottas. Emjahweni weGrand Prix wase-Austria, wangena engozini enkulu noFernando Alonso owashiya iMcLaren ka-Alonso phezu kweFerrari kaRäikkönen. Nokho bobabili basinda. Ngemuva kokudumazeka okubangelwa ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu eGreat Britain, uRäikkönen wabuyela emuva ngokuqinile egijima endaweni yesibili ngemuva kukaVettel ebukeka elungele i-12 eHungary, lapho ukwehluleka kwezobuchwepheshe maqondana nohlelo lokubuyisa amandla kwakusho ukuthi ulahlekelwe ijubane eliqondile. Imoto yezokuphepha engafike ngesikhathi yayisho ukulahlekelwa ezinye izikhundla ngemuva kokuqala kabusha futhi ngemuva kokuma kwe-pit ukuqala kabusha injini kwakusho ukuthi wehla emaphuzwini ayethathe umhlalaphansi lapho inkinga ingazilungisi njengoba elahlekelwe yithuba lokubuyela emuva kunoma iyiphi imoto. 