Vettel will have a card to play at the Chinese GP

Sebastian Vettel was again the fastest behind the Mercedes during qualifying for the Chinese GP. If the pilot of the Team Ferrari took 3rd place on the grid almost a second late Lewis Hamilton's pole, the last winner of the Malaysian GP nevertheless hopes to be in contact with the W06 Hybrid by benefiting from an efficient SF15-T on the long stints.

“I am satisfied with this result”, underlines the quadruple world champion after qualifying for the Chinese GP. “We carried out a different strategy in Q3 by only qualifying on one attempt. Some cars were faster than expected. 3rd place was the best thing we could hope for in this session. I think that we will be closer to the Mercedes tomorrow, but I still don’t know to what extent. »

His teammate Kimi Räikkönen was less successful since he qualified in 6th place behind the Williams of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas. “I just had a bad turn.”, recognizes the 2007 world champion. “I had a sliding rear end in the first three corners for some reason and my lap was ruined. I'm disappointed but there's nothing more I can do. »

The race will start tomorrow at 8 a.m. French time and can be followed live on AUTOhebdo.fr.