Kimi Raikkonen says there are "many reasons" why F♓ernando Alonso had the better of⛄ him at Ferrari this season.

Alonso comfortably beat his team-mate in 2014, finishing the year with 161 po🍬ints to Raikkonen's 55 and scoring both of the podiums Ferrari managed. With Alonso having finished with a 16-3 qualifying record as well, Raikkonen conceded it had been a tough season and said he struggled with the F14 T more than his team-mate.

"There are many reasons [for finishing so far behind Alonso], but the end result is always the same," Raikkonen told Top Gear. "It was a difficult year in many areas, and like I said if you're fighting for anything less than the championship it's not a very good year. As a team we had♉ a very bad year.

"Myself... I was struggling more, but there's no point to go into the details too much. Obviꦏously we have to work hard in the coming years to improve and put Ferrari at 𒁏the front where it should be."

And Raikkonen acknow𝔉ledged that there is a big task ahead for both himself ꦰand the team to have a more competitive 2015 season.

"It's been a difficult year for the team. As Ferrari, we expect to be at the front, winning races and fighting for 🌊championships.

"We were pretty far away from that t⛄his year, so there's an awful lo🎃t of work to be done."