News Details

Vettel: Gap to Mercedes "a lot more than expected"

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel admits he was "a bit down" after seeing the gap between himself and the Mercedes duo in Q3 in Bahrain, having expected to be much closer to the Silver Arrows. The Italian marque looked a good match for Mercedes throughout the weekend, Vettel sweeping Friday practice and running the German team's drivers close during the first two segments of qualifying. But while Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton produced a thrilling fight for pole in Q3 - the former leading the latter by 0.023s in a Mercedes 1-2 - Vettel had to do with finishing a distant third. The German, who wound up 0.478s off pole after failing to improve with his second effort in the final...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bottas edges Hamilton to Bahrain pole position

Valtteri Bottas has taken his first pole position for Mercedes AMG F1,...
8y ago from F1Technical.net

Valtteri Bottas takes pole in Bahrain GP ahead of...

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas took his first pole position, beating team-mate...
8y ago from BBC.co.uk

Valtteri Bottas claims maiden pole position in...

Bahrain Grand Prix – Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has taken his first...
8y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Hamilton on pole, Vettel pips Bottas

– Lewis Hamilton stormed to a record sixth Chinese Grand Prix pole...
8y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

How Marco Bezzecchi dominated the Brazilian MotoGP to...

New MotoGP championship leader Marco Bezzecchi overcame a "really...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Gresini Racing exploring potential Honda MotoGP...

Gresini Racing are exploring a potential reunion with Honda as a...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Takuma Sato makes Indy 500 return with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will drive...

Helio Castroneves confirms return for 26th...

Helio Castroneves has confirmed that he will take part in the upcoming...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Merson: Arsenal will still win the title this season -...

Sky Sports' Paul Merson believes Arsenal will still win the Premier League...
42m ago from SkySports.com

Martin Odegaard 'very frustrated and grumpy' after...

Norway head coach Stale Solbakken has stated that Arsenal star Martin...
22m ago from SportsKeeda.com

The ghost of Aprils past: is Arsenal’s title anxiety...

Gunners have a nine-point lead in the Premier League. But recent run-ins,...
22m ago from TheGuardian.com

The fish must be fried

Morning. Just woke up. Checking dust levels: settling, but not settled....
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.