Kimi Raikkonen in 2018: Occasions where the Finn was compromised by Ferrari

#4 The evident favouritism

Ferrari have been kinder to Seb, on occasions!

While F1 can happily write eulogize about Alonso's career, one also knows that what El Nino can deliver if he's put in a car of the power and abilities of a Ferrari and Red Bull today. Surely, the same way it doesn't help the established wingmen of the class and repute of Alonso in a McLaren, it also doesn't help the likes of Raikkonen, being treated as a second-rate driver at Ferrari.

While social media fans can endlessly debate whether that is truly the scenario for Kimi or not and even the fact whether he deserves to be in F1 anymore, one clearly knows that it's Vettel who's been getting the fair treatment, only to see Raikkonen lose out in the end.

What this has done, in the end, is that it's clearly given Ferrari the understanding that Raikkonen, a more experienced hand at the Italian team is there to be played out, often into the team's hands, in the wake of enabling Vettel to emerge with an advantageous result.

Surely, Sebastian is a multiple world champion and has proven his excellence at different circuits but in the end. But even as Raikkonen has aided him by following team orders, a phenomenon one wasn't a stranger to in 2017 - picture the Monaco Grand Prix - it hasn't essentially played into Ferrari's hands.

While Sebastian has thrown away some chances at Hockenheimring, Baku, Monza, it also hasn't enabled Kimi to enjoy his moments under the sun.