Sebastian Vettel: “We still have a chance”

There are six races left Sebastian Vettel to try to win a fifth world crown which would put him ahead of his eternal rival of recent years Lewis Hamilton. 

The pilot Ferrari must, however, deal with a delay of forty points before entering the Russian Grand Prix this weekend. A gap that the German intends to reduce race by race, he who has missed several opportunities to get ahead of Hamilton in recent weeks, with a car often considered more efficient than Mercedes.

" Everything is possible, admits Vettel in the Sochi paddock, cited by BBC. I'm not aiming to win all the last six races. I'm thinking about winning here first, and then moving on to the next event. »

Mercedes favorite?

Since the introduction of the Russian Grand Prix in its current form around the Olympic facilities in Sochi, Ferrari has never managed to dominate the event on the shores of the Black Sea, Mercedes accumulating four victories in as many editions, the last For Valtteri Bottas April 2017.

But Vettel is relying on the demonstrated qualities of his SF71H to maintain confidence. “We expect to be competitive. But we have to take into account the last few races where we struggled to get a good pace and put it all together, for different reasons.

So we must not get distracted by results and concentrate on the work to be done […] We will give everything and I still believe we have a chance »