Raikkonen backing for starlets

KIMI RAIKKONEN has rejected suggestions the inexperience of Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen is McLaren’s Achilles heel this season.

Hamilton, in particular, has made mistakes not seen in his rookie year when he was pipped to the Formula One world championship by a point by Ferrari’s Raikkonen.

Kovalainen has also had his fair share of problems, but the end result is that McLaren trail Ferrari by 33 points in the constructors’ title race heading into next weekend’s British Grand Prix.

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