Kimi Raikkonen certainly had a day to remember at the Bahrain Grand Prix last weekend - although it was for no good reason.

Having qualified in second behind eventual winner and teammate Sebastian Vettel, the Finn was forced into retirement on lap 35 after a terrible accident with a mechanic.

Raikkonen attempted to leave the pit before his team was ready and caught Francesco Cigarini who was trying to fit a rear wheel - damaging it in the process and ending his race.

Cigarini suffered a badly broken leg in the incident that Ferrari today put down to a problem with their sensors.

Raikkonen then came into some criticism from fans who didn't like his reaction after leaving his car - the former world champion proceeded to ignore the injured mechanic and just leave.

It was a bad setback for a driver who has enjoyed a promising start to the season - his solid qualifying in Bahrain had come off the back of a third-place finish in Melbourne.

That start has been put down to Raikkonen's condition by team principal Maurizio Arrivabene - something he was full of praise for ahead of the Chinese GP.

"I'm pretty pleased with Kimi's performance," said Arrivabene.

"He's in good physical condition now, which is very important for him. He drives well, he's in very good shape and focused on his work."

It's always nice to have your boss praise your work like that, you'd think.

You're performing well and your efforts aren't going unnoticed by your employers who are pleased with what you're doing - all good things anyone would be happy to hear.

Unless you're Raikkonen, apparently, who just thinks it's weird.

"How do people measure fitness? By looking?" said Raikkonen upon hearing the praise.

"In my opinion, it's a pretty questionable way to go about measuring fitness," he continued, having seemingly decided that it must just be by looking.

"I have not done too many fitness tests, or especially ones that the team knows about. The comments are a bit strange. I've never had any problem with my condition."

As the saying goes: "if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all", although it's worth remembering that if it's Raikkonen, maybe don't say anything regardless.