Kimi: I won't be surprised if BMW win this year.

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen has said that he can definitely see the BMW Sauber F1 team winning one or more races this year.

BMW took the lead in the constructors' championship following the event in Bahrain last weekend and Kimi now believes the balance of power between the 'top three' will shift from event to event.

"I wouldn't be surprised if BMW won some races this year," confirmed the 'Ice-man'. "There will be grand's prix where we will be stronger and others where they will have an advantage; the same is true for McLaren-Mercedes, who remain very competitive."

F1 heads to Spain's Circuit de Catalunya next and Kimi has promised that Ferrari will do everything possible to take another one-two.

"After the first three races we're now heading back to Europe. I can't wait to race in Barcelona, where we're also having some tests over the next week," he continued.

"We'll give it all to remain ahead of our competitors."

As for round three, Kimi, while not pleased to have to settle for the runners-up spot behind his team-mate, Felipe Massa, was philosophical about not winning.

"Coming in second left me a bit disappointed. Sometimes certain weekends are just like that though and the one in Bahrain was one of them," he added.

"For one reason or the other the Sakhir circuit does not seem to be very favourable to me.

"But there's still some satisfaction at the end of this GP: I'm leading the Drivers' Championship. When we think about how many points we gained in Melbourne this is a great result.

"The worst part of the weekend was the Qualifying and then the start; I had Felipe in front of me and I knew that I couldn't lead a trump. The BMWs were very close. I managed to pass Kubica, when he had some trouble: this was an important moment, because his race rhythm was very good. In the end I already said that in this season it will be very hard to gain every single place. It will be a very long and tough Championship," he concluded

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