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Kimi Raikkonen: 'Until we win all the time it's not ideal'

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Kimi Raikkonen says Ferrari's expectations have not lowered since the start of the season, despite failing to win a race at the opening ten rounds.

After winning three races in 2015, Ferrari was hoping to use those as a springboard to mount a championship challenge this year. Although the gap to Mercedes appears to have widened at recent races, Raikkonen said the expectation to win has not changed.

"We always expect more as a team, we want to win, and until we win all the time it's not ideal," he said. "As Ferrari we expect to win, but this is what we have got, so we'll keep working and improving."

Asked if he thought Ferrari could win a race on merit in 2016 -- i.e. without Mercedes encountering problems -- Raikkonen said: "I don't know why you want to start guessing things. We will see what will happen in the second part of the year, and yes we believe we can still win.

"It doesn't matter if every car is there or not. Who knows what will happen in the races, but we know we have work to be done, so for sure there will be chances, so it will be better."