Now that the dust has settled it is fair to conclude that Ferrari, particularly their number one driver Sebastian Vettel, underdelivered in the Germany-Hungary doubleheader in which they were expected to bag maximum points with two victories as their car clearly has the edge over Mercedes this season.
But Vettel blew it famously while comfortably leading his home race, a week later they again fumbled - Vettel making a mistake while leading and then his crew botching the pitstop. What should have been a 50 points haul was only 18 and as a result the eight points lead he had over Hamilton before Hockenheim is now a 24 points deficit with nine rounds remaining.
But the Ferrari driver remains bullish, "This year has shown so far that our car is more efficient, our car is stronger and still has a lot of potential to unleash. So I'm quite confident with what's sitting in the pipeline that we can improve."
"Compared to last year, we lost the championship I think because our car wasn't quick enough to be a match in the final part of the season. I am happy to see that the car is fast, it has worked well on every track so far.
"I think this is the most important thing. Our car has a big potential, so I feel relaxed, going on holiday, for the races to come."
"I am confident that if we have a car to fight with we can put them under pressure and make things happen in the second half," added Vettel.
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