Ferrari perplexed about its chances against Mercedes

If you feel like you want to take the Mercedes were the fastest on a flying lap in the first practice of the Bahrain GP, ​​the Team Ferrari remains threatening with the high temperatures on the Sakhir circuit. Kimi Räikkönen and Sebastian Vettel were the closest to the W06 Hybrid, clocking in at around half a second from the benchmark achieved by Nico Rosberg.

Si Kimi Räikkönen was the closest to Mercedes, the Finn remains perplexed about his chances against the Silver Arrows. “We are not performing well enough in relation to our objectives”, says the 2007 world champion. “It was a bit complicated with the settings in the second session and we had some behavior problems. I don't know if we can fight with the Mercedes. »

Sebastian Vettel shares his teammate's doubts even if the four-time world champion seems more comfortable behind the wheel of his SF15-T. “My flying lap wasn’t perfect but everything looked good on the car. It's hard to know if we're getting closer to the Mercedes because everyone seems closer. But I'm sure they didn't show everything. »