Yes Kimi lost ground on the first few laps but had the whole race in front of him to catch Kubica and Alonso.

In the end he only finished 1.2 seconds behind the second place man Kubica and only 6.4 seconds behind Alonso.

So why couldn't he pass them? Was it the car or was it him? Perhaps it was that Alonso and Kubica were simply faster then him regardless what happened at corner one.

Quarter mile in 13.3 seconds at 107.3 MPH!