Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari have a “very strong car” but the team needs to work out how to get the best out of it. The Scuderia appeared to have the strongest package in pre-season testing with their SF90 but they remain without a win after three races so far this season, although Vettel’s team-mate Charles Leclerc would have won in Bahrain if he had not been hit with technical issues late on.
Four-time world champion Vettel feels Ferrari have a car capable of challenging for silverware but says the team have some work to do over the coming weeks if they are to get back to winning ways and challenge early pacesetters Mercedes. “We have a very strong car, there’s nothing wrong with it, but I think we’re not able to yet put it in the window, especially for myself here and there,” Vettel told Motorsport.com.
He added: “I’m not entirely happy yet compared to where we started off. “Obviously the three tracks we’ve been to now are quite different. The conditions we had are different. But I think we start to see a sort of pattern and, especially throughout a grand prix distance, understand what we need, what I need, to really unlock this car. “These couple of weeks and the next weeks will be very important for us to understand where we need to go in the next months.”
