Kimi Raikkonen has urged Ferrari to cure their “weaknesses in the system” after a qualifying gaffe left him fighting an uphill battle for today’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

With a time on the board and Raikkonen sitting in his car in the garage, three times the Finn asked whether he was safe, and three times he was urged not to worry.

Whatever or whoever provided the source of the information, it proved un­reliable as Ferrari academy driver Jules Bianchi in his Marussia bumped Raikkonen down to 17th at the death and out of qualifying.

Raikkonen was naturally unhap­py, and although avoiding losing his temper, has simply urged Ferrari to clean up their act.

Raikkonen said: “The plan was to go out, but the team said ‘no, you are fine, you do not need to go out’.

“I questioned it a few times, but they said no need, and we can see the end result. What happened is not good for me or the team, and although it has been a difficult year I don’t see the point to shout. The mistake is done.

“I’ve made mistakes in the past, I will make them in the future, and people do make mistakes, but there are things we have to change to improve. As Ferrari, we should not be doing these kind of things. None of us are in our first year.

“Obviously we have to improve, to do things differently because we can see there are weaknesses in the system.”

Since returning to the team, Raik­konen has played a bit-part role as he been heavily out-qualified by Fernando Alonso and finished be­hind the Spaniard in all 10 races.

The 34-year-old maintains that despite his problems, what is occur­ring has no bearing on his future.

“It will not influence my deci­sion,” said Raikkonen. “I’ve a con­tract, I fully believe in Ferrari. It’s been a difficult year, which is life. It’s not fun when you have hard times, it’s happened before and that’s how it goes.”