News Details

Vettel: ‘Gap to Mercedes more than expected'

Sebastian Vettel has conceded he was a little surprised by Mercedes' pace in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The joint-World Championship leader was forced to settle for P3 on the grid for Sunday's race after finishing four tenths behind the Mercedes duo. 'Overall I was very happy with how qualifying went and how the car felt,' Vettel said. We had a few issues yesterday and we tweaked the balance in the right direction. 'I was very happy with my first lap but saw both of them were ahead. 'When I saw the time I was a bit down as four tenths was more than I expected. 'The next lap I tried a bit too hard everywhere as I had nothing to lose but it didn't work. Hopefully we can do a bit...
Full Story »
8y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Vettel surprised by gap to Mercedes

– Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel conceded he was "a bit down"...
8y ago from GPUpdate.net

Ferrari still lacking qualifying pace, admits Vettel

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel believes Ferrari still trails Mercedes when it...
8y ago from F1Hub.net

Bahrain FP1: Vettel tops as Mercedes cruise

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel topped the timing screens at the end of...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Vettel sets pace in second Bahrain practice

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was fastest in second practice at the Bahrain...
8y ago from BBC.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Chip Ganassi: ‘We’re spoiled’ having drivers...

Alex Palou clinched the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series title over the weekend,...

IndyCar Portland – Race Results

The final road course event of the 2025 IndyCar season was contested on...

Alex Palou clinches title, becomes IndyCar’s newest...

Alex Palou is the champion of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series, having locked...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanperä hits the jackpot

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finally won Rally Finland, laying to...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

More depth, fewer excuses: Arsenal have nowhere to...

Mikel Arteta was asked this summer what his long-term plans for Arsenal...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Ex-Arsenal man explains why 'gifted player' would be...

Former Arsenal star Theo Walcott has explained why he thinks Eberechi Eze...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Worst season' – Arsenal star surely leaving as...

Arsenal left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko has claimed that last season was the...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Rio Ferdinand makes scoreline prediction for Premier...

Former England defender Rio Ferdinand has predicted a draw between...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.