Scuderia Ferrari German driver Sebastian Vettel admitted that his SF71H car needs some fine-tuning ahead of qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, which will take place tomorrow at the Shanghai International Circuit. The four-time Formula One world champion finished P4 in a slightly rain-affected FP2, but was just a tenth behind Lewis Hamilton who set the pace throughout the first two practice sessions.
And while the long-run data also suggests it is close once again between Scuderia Ferrari and Mercedes, Sebastian Vettel is not overly happy with how his car is feeling at this stage: “In Australia I struggled, Bahrain I was much happier but here it is not yet where I want to be,” Sebastian Vettel said back in the paddock, as reported by the Italian media – “We are still looking. If anyone has any clever suggestions they are welcome. It is difficult to find the sweet spot but if you do then you can unleash the pace. I think the car has the pace but we need to make sure we get it to work. Today was mixed, in the afternoon I was a bit happier but hopefully tomorrow I am very happy.”
Kimi Raikkonen was just 0.007s behind Lewis Hamilton in P2, but thinks Scuderia Ferrari did have more pace to burn and could have taken top spot: “We had some traffic and could go faster on one lap. On the long run we never really got a good idea of where we are with the conditions. We will see what happens tomorrow.” – the Finnish driver concluded.
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