Kimi Raikkonen says꧑ he had “zero idea” Carlo𒊎s Sainz was alongside him during their bizarre Turn 10 clash as Formula 1 pre-season testing drew to a close.

In𒉰 a strange end to♎ the final day of running in Bahrain, Raikkonen and Ferrari’s Sainz ended up wheel-to-wheel under braking for Turn 10 before both drivers slewed off the track to avoid a collision.

The pair continued to squabble along 🐷the straight towards the braking zone at ཧTurn 11, as Sainz chased down Raikkonen’s Alfa Romeo before eventually backing off.

“I don’t think we touched,” t✃he Finn said when asked ab🐈out the incident.

“I had zero idea he was there, saw him at the last minute and pulled right, but I don’t know. I guess he was pissed off and triedඣ to play ga♎mes, but I don’t think we touched – I didn’t feel anything.”

F1’sꦡ most experienced driver enjoyed a strong final day as he racked up a whopping 165 laps on his way to finishing fourth in the timesheets, managing a best lap that was within a second of Max Verstappen’s benchmark time.

While Raikkonen is refusing to get carried away with his eye-catching time from the final day, he is hopeful that Alfa Romeo will start the season in a better position comp𓆏ared to 2020.

“Obviously, it’s only tes𓆉ting, and we never know wha🍎t the others are doing, but purely on feeling, for sure it is better than it was last year,” he said.

“[We look] faster, compare🍬d to the others, than at the end of last year. It’s just testing, but the feeling with the car is a lot better and that’s the main thing. We’ll see, in a few weeks’ time, wh🦩ere we end up.”