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Kimi Raikkonen concerned with Ferrari's gap to Mercedes

MELBOURNE, Australia -- He may be starting the Australian Grand Prix from the front row of the grid but Kimi Raikkonen is far from satisfied with Ferrari's early season qualifying pace.

Raikkonen went second fastest in Q3's final runs, 0.01s quicker than teammate Sebastian Vettel, after Lewis Hamilton had set a blistering lap around the Albert Park street circuit. Hamilton's time of 1:21.164 a significant 0.664s quicker than the Finn and Raikkonen admits Ferrari still have plenty of catching up to do if they are to compete with Mercedes in the early phase of the season.

"There's an awful lot of work to be done to improve in all areas," Raikkonen said.