World champion Kimi Raikkonen has hit back at claims he lacks motivation after poor qualifying and race performances recently."If anyone doubts my motivation they can be sure of this: I want to win, now more than ever," he said.
Raikkonen blamed mistakes he has made in qualifying for the run of unimpressive results, rather than a lack of pace.
The world champion has been behind his team-mate on the grid for the last three races in Germany, Hungary and the European Grand Prix in Valencia last Sunday, and has subsequently been unable to make up lost ground in the race.
But he said: "The truth is in a couple of races (Hungary and Germany) I made some mistakes that relegated me to sixth place while in Valencia I missed out on third place by a hair's breadth."
