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Vettel: Ferrari car felt better in pre-season testing

Sebastian Vettel was 'certainly surprised' with Mercedes' dominance in qualifying as he had to settle for a P3 start in Australia. Ferrari were the team to beat according to many after pre-season testing, but Lewis Hamilton followed up a practice hat-trick with an historic eighth pole position at the Albert Park circuit in the season opener. The Scuderia were a distant seven tenths off the pace in Q3, leaving Vettel in a state of shock. 'I am certainly surprised, I think everybody is, probably even themselves,' Vettel said after qualifying. 'I think yesterday we didn't have a good day, and today felt better. But in terms of gap and pace it was very similar. 'For sure there is some homework...
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