Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was astonished after the qualifying session by the speed of the SF16-H. The German could not deliver any answer for the questions why his car was not competitive after the strong and promising pace showed on a similar track in Japan two weeks ago. Ferrari was caught by surprise during Friday’s outings when it realized that its car cannot keep up with the speed of rival Red Bull and Mercedes. That came as a real shock after Suzuka where Ferrari only got beaten by Mercedes in the qualifying and showed strong pace against Red Bull despite grid penalties for both its drivers Kimi Räikkönen and Sebastian Vettel. ”Qualifying was not so good, hopefully the...
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