Vettel: Ferrari can't win everywhere like Mercedes
Vettel: Ferrari can't win everywhere like Mercedes
Sebastian Vettel believes Mercedes remain ahead of Ferrari in terms of all-round performance despite the Scuderia's current three-race winning streak.
Charles Leclerc's victories in Belgium and Italy came at venues expected to suit Ferrari's car, but Vettel winning after his team-mate had taken pole at the slower, twistier Singapore track caught many by surprise.
Ferrari's upgraded front wing and floor is believed to have made a significant difference at the Marina Bay Circuit and will be tested out once again this weekend in Russia, where Mercedes have won all five races to be staged in F1.
Vettel admits that the Singapore success was even a surprise for those inside Maranello and dismissed any notion of Ferrari now being the top team on the grid.
"It's been a very good streak for us," Vettel said. "It was a very good result in Singapore because it was at a [type of] track where lately we haven't been so good, if you pick Hungary.
"So that certainly was a surprise, a positive surprise for us. But I think it also helps us to understand our car even further with the stuff that we brought to the car and understanding the direction of what it needs to do more, to explore certain directions more.
"So there are a lot of positives other than the result going forward. Overall, it is definitely heading in the right direction but it would be wrong to think 'We've won on two different types of tracks, we can win everywhere'.
"I think it's still Mercedes that have been in a position to win every race this year so they are the ones to beat, they are the benchmark. That's where we want to be, and ideally ahead of that.
"So there's still a lot of work in front of us but I think it also shows things are going in the right way and it doesn't take much to click."
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