Kimi Raikkonen has taken full responsibility f👍or the mistake that saw him run wide on his final Formula 1 qualifying lap in Azerbaijan on Saturday, costing him the chance to score his𓆏 first pole position in almost one year.

Raikkonen was two-tenths up on Ferrari teammate and prဣovisional pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel’s fastest tim🤪e heading into the final sector at the end of Q3, only to lose the rear of his car at Turn 16.

The error left Raikkonen a lowly sixth in the final qualifying classification, nine-tenths of a second down on Vettel’s initial time after the German failed to improve on hisꦑ last run in Q3.

“I went sideways, that’s about  it. It was really fr♋ustrating losing a pretty decent lap at that point,” Raikk🍸onen said after the session.

“[There’s] no excuse. I♉ took it easier even on the entry because obviously it’s been a bit tricky all day and I went sideways.

“I got it back but at that point already, I knew it was all gone as it’s all flat ouꦫt and lon🐟g straights.

“It was a fuck up, a mistake and cost us quite a few places. Noꦍt the greatest ending.”

The setback came as a blow to Raikkonen after showing impressive speed through the early part of the 2018 season, having recorded podium finishes in both ✨Australia and China.

Although Raikkonen was unhappy with the end result in Baku on Satu𓂃rday as he lost his chance for his first pole since Monaco last year, he remained content with his feeling in th🌜e car.

“The end result matters, the rest doesn’t really count. In the end, we count the poi💝nts o🍰n Sunday and at the end of the year,” Raikkonen said.

“The people that we work with know what is happening and what is not. I don’t really care if people 🔯think that you are slow or fast. I know what we’re doing. Sometimes it works out, sometimes not.

“Today, we had ⛄a🌠 good speed but it didn’t really work out. Like I said, I can only look in the mirror and deal with it and go forward. I know the speed is there.

“But it’s frustrating when you’re fast and you don’t get the result that you want. Today [the speed] came pretty easily. I was taking care of it and then in the last corners, and then having a mistake iꦐs silly, even more painful.

“It’s not the first time unfortunately and I doubt it’s the last time. It’s just one of those d🦂ays.”