Ferrari, Vettel excited: "It's been a fantastic season so far, it's wrong to criticize us"

Optimistic, positive, serene. It's a Sebastian Vettel as always, the balance and seraphic image of Ferrari is what presents itself to the microphones for the usual Thursday interview. Vettel demonstrates foresight and calm, remaining focused on the goal, not inclined to despair and ready to attack Mercedes again.

"Here we can, I think we will be closer to Mercedes  - says Seb - This is a track where the gaps are small and it should suit our car more than Silverstone."

He's a little German crisis buster the one that ideally “drives away” Williams: “We're talking about a crisis in the race in Great Britain, where we ended up on the podium, taking third place with strategy, and deserved it. Of course we suffered a bit in terms of performance, but I'm not worried. You have to look at the big picture and the first half of the season has been phenomenal. We had a fantastic start to the championship, with the podium achieved in my first race for Ferrari, and the victory coming two weeks later in Malaysia. Even after that, however, we were constant, almost always finishing on the podium and managing to take advantage of all the opportunities that arose."

Confidence therefore for the future, as a true team player that he is"The project has just started, but I believe that Ferrari is the team that has grown the most compared to last year. I haven't driven the F14T, but speaking with Kimi I think the leap in quality has been impressive".

Then, perhaps, a half-dig at Alonso and the "party of the discontented": "I don't understand why it's so difficult to admit that Ferrari has done a great job this year." 

Antonino Rendina

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