Kimi Raikkonen does not expect to encounter any problems with his Lotus when he returns to the track in Bahrain later this week.
Raikkonen had the opportunity to score some good points when he climbed into second at the Chinese Grand Prix but his decision to stick to two pit-stops backfired as his tyres began to fade late on.
The Finn found himself swallowed up by the field and eventually limped home in 14th while his team-mate Romain Grosjean finished sixth after deploying a similar strategy.
Although he has yet to finish on the podium since his return to the sport, Raikkonen believes he could have easily finished in the top three in any of the races so far this season and he is confident he can fight for a podium result in Bahrain.
"A podium should be possible and I think it has been at all the races we've been at so far," he said. "We won't know exactly how good the car is until we get there, but we don't expect any problems."
Reflecting on his two-strop strategy in China, Raikkonen added: "It looked the best one for us and it worked for Romain.
"If we had the same information again, we'd probably try the same approach. It didn't work, but you don't know these things unless you try them.
"We will now know better for next time. We were pretty close to finishing on the podium. We didn't. That's racing."
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