"Our plan was to do two stops and though it's always difficult in the first races to know when to stop and not go too early, we got it exactly right, " Raikkonen said.

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"Making it was one thing and not making fools of ourselves when we got there was another but I think we gave a good show of ourselves, " said Van Hattum, recalling the matches he played in against Scotland, the Soviet Union and Brazil almost three decades ago.

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Then when we got it done with a better deal that has the endorsement of not only the U.S. auto companies but also of labor, the story was sort of below the fold.

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