Raikkonen says he must improve qualifying

The world champion started the Hungarian Grand Prix from sixth position, the same place he had started from in Germany two weeks ago.

The Finn showed good pace at the end of the race and finished in third position, although he claimed he could have done better had he not been stuck behind Fernando Alonso for so many laps.

But Raikkonen made it clear he must sort out his problems with qualifying if he is to avoid such situations.

"I think we could have done the race a little bit better but we were stuck behind Alonso," said Raikkonen. "I was stuck behind him until the second stop so it was a bit late by that point. I had a good car and I was able to catch Timo but I had to back off in one moment.

"We were a bit lucky with some of the other guys. We have the speed but if we cannot get qualifying then we will have the same problems. We have to sort it out.

"If we can be in front we can fight for wins. The guys did a good job but we need to fix the problems and for sure we can be back in the hunt for wins."

Raikkonen put second-placed Timo Glock under pressure during the final laps, but in the end the Ferrari driver had to back off and settle for third.

"Unfortunately we needed to back off. We were much faster, like with Alonso but it is so difficult. It is very difficult to get past, you need something special in one corner. Unfortunately I could not pass him. Third place in the end, after a difficult weekend for me, was a good result."

Raikkonen is now back in second place in the standings, five points behind Lewis Hamilton.