Vettel: Mexican GP is another chance

Sebastian Vettel will look to maintain his second place in the Manufacturers' Championship against Nico Rosberg, who he leads by four points before the Mexican GP. The pilot of the Team Ferrari believes that the return of the F1 on the Hermanos Rodriguez circuit constitutes a good opportunity to fight with the Mercedes.

“Nico and Lewis (Hamilton) have been at the best level over the last two years, although Nico may not have had the best season this year. But it must be admitted that Lewis was more successful in drawing out the full potential of his car and himself and that he has become very hard to beat”, commented the four-time world champion. “The fact is that no one is unbeatable and we have a new race being played on a new circuit in a new country. So we have a reasonable chance of beating them and we will do a superb job as long as we manage to play in front of one of them. »

Sebastian Vettel suffered like the other drivers from the lack of grip on the Mexican track, but the Ferrari driver still finished the first day of testing in fifth place, less than half a second from the benchmark. “The circuit is really very slippery and offers very little grip. I think we all struggled to keep the car on the track. I was hoping to have a little better pace in the fast corners, but the situation should change with the rubber deposit”, added the German.