Ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix the Ferrari team were upbeat about their upgrade package which they believed would chip away at the gap between themselves and pace setting Mercedes, but the Reds left Barcelona with their tales between their legs and Sebastian Vettel admitted the team did not deliver as expected.
Vettel reflected during his media session ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, "In Barcelona we expected to be closer and of course we cannot be happy with the gap in front, while I’m reasonably happy with the result. We made some step forward but for some reason we under performed."
Despite the apparent ineffectiveness of the parts bolted on for Spain, the Maranello outfit is persevering with the direction of the upgrades and are hoping that they will bear fruit on the twists and turns of the Monaco streets.
"We are confident this is the right way to go and we decide to keep the new parts in the car," revealed Vettel. "We try to understand as much as possible from all the data we collect in the test so that we can try here something if we still have some doubts and then we will see where we are."
Vettel, and Ferrari, have looked capable of challenging Mercedes this season, and scored a famous win in Malaysia earlier this year to signal their intent. The four times F1 world champion is also hoping that the driver can make a difference at the most demanding of grand prix circuits.
"Monaco is a very challenging track, We know that here qualifying is very important you have to do the perfect lap otherwise the Sunday can be difficult. Compared to other track, I feel the driver can still make the difference to some extent."
"Clearly we are not the favourites here, but there’s always a chance for something to happen, and we have a car that is working generally everywhere," added Vettel who will start his 144th grand prix this weekend and aiming for his 41st victory at the pinnacle of the sport
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