F1 | Vettel: “Good sensations, but we can improve”

Sebastian Vettel celebrates his hundredth career podium on the top step, pocketing the victory of Australian GP, the first of the season F1 2018. When we said that pole position and the best car are not enough to win a race, we were referring precisely to this. In fact, the German also triumphed thanks to a successful strategy on the wall Ferrari, which called the SF71-H in the key moment of the race, when the safety car came in to recover the Haas di Grosjean. Races, after all, are also made up of this. And Seb knows it. Here are his first words at the press conference.

“Needless to say, when you're in front you can control the race. Overcoming here is difficult, but if you succeed you get a lot of credit and it also gives you greater satisfaction. Today the situation certainly helped us, but qualifying is also extremely important. Yesterday we had a good session but the gap at the end was too big. This is what I was referring to when I said that we are not yet where we want: the sensations are good, but we can improve. At that point we should be able to compete in qualifying by raising the level, as well as in the race, where obviously if you can start from the front it's a completely different game, being able to control the start of the race. This would count for a lot."

“I knew that Lewis would push hard in the first free laps. Then he made a mistake and suffered a block. He probably had 2 or 3 tenths of an advantage, but he needed something more to put the car in front or overtake me. I was pushing hard and I knew that with the tires a little fresher we were in a good position to stay there until the end."