Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari’s aggressive strategy of full attack will not always work out for the ambitious Maranello team.<\/p>\n
The German insists he is driving a better car than in 2015, even though a year ago he had already won the first of his three races for the season.<\/p>\n
“We have become better, it’s just the results don’t show it yet,” Vettel told Germany’s Sport Bild.<\/p>\n
“There is still a gap to Mercedes, that’s true, but it has become much smaller.\u00a0 You can’t just move mountains overnight,” he said.<\/p>\n
Barcelona was obviously a setback for Ferrari, with the red team not even able to capitalise on Mercedes’ double-DNF, as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won.<\/p>\n
Ferrari has been working on the cause of its sudden qualifying pace problem at the Barcelona test this week.<\/p>\n
After a long pause before answering, Vettel said: “We are giving everything — sometimes maybe even a little too much.\u00a0 But we have to try everything.”<\/p>\n
Asked, then, if errors are forgivable as Ferrari pushes to catch and beat Mercedes, Vettel admitted: “No.\u00a0 The technical problems we have had were not in the plan.<\/p>\n
“But catching up is always a balancing act.\u00a0 Perhaps some improvements have come a bit too early, but if we think something is an advantage in speed, we want to bring it to the track as quickly as possible.”<\/p>\n
\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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