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Kimi Raikkonen has said that he is not worried at all about rival Fernando Alonso's strong start to winter testing at Valencia in Spain this week

Alonso has been fastest on both of the two days of testing so far - quickest by one second on Monday and then topping the times by just a few hundredths today.

But although Raikkonen has not proved a match in terms of out-and-out pace for Alonso, he insists he is not concerned at all - and says he is not really paying any attention to what his rivals are up to anyway.

Instead, he is confident that the true pace of the Ferrari F2007 has not yet been shown because of the limited amount of meaningful mileage he has been able to complete.

"I have not looked at what everyone else is doing and what teams are running," he said after testing at Valencia in Spain finished today. "So we are just doing our own thing.

"We will see where we are at some point, it is just too early to say. You see what times they are doing, but it is still hard to tell."

The damp start to the day's testing in Valencia left Raikkonen frustrated, and he says he is keen to get a clear day of running.

"It is not ideal, but this is what it is. We cannot change it. It has been very difficult and very tricky. Hopefully it gets better at some point and we get some proper work done."

When asked where he thought Ferrari were in comparison with their rivals he said: "I had only one set of tyres, so it is too early to say. I don't know what the others are doing. I just need more running and some time in the car to set it up."

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