F1 | Ferrari, Vettel: “The road is still long”

Sebastian Vettel he doesn't give up, on the contrary he relaunches. The criticism rained down on Cavallino after the disaster Italian GP, did not affect the certainties of the German who, with his usual smile, returned to the Monza race, without dramatising: “I think we were probably missing something like half a second a lap. I'm not too worried about the gap to Mercedes. As I already said, in Monza if you have that extra power and the right confidence you can make a big difference. So, I'm not too stressed about it." – declared the Ferrari driver, who lost the lead in the World Championship in Italy to Lewis Hamilton, now at +3. “We knew it would be a difficult race. We probably expected to be closer, it's not nice to see a Mercedes one-two. However, we gave everything we had and this is the most important thing.".

Vettel then once again praised the very warm Monza crowd: “We gave everything for the people out there. The support has been incredible and despite the numbers, the gap, it's impossible to be negative, in fact I'm very, very positive now, to be honest". Finally, the four-time world champion relaunched his world championship challenge against Lewis Hamilton, promising battle: “I know that the people in the company will work harder than before, we just need to keep morale high. What we are on is a journey, let's see where it takes us. These three years have been a long journey, but we are still not satisfied, although this is proving to be a good season so far. Ferrari must be at the top, that's where we want to get to. The road is still long".

Federico Martino