Once again today, the result of the race did not reflect the true potential of the Ferrari SF70H.
Everyone saw that potential yesterday when Sebastian Vettel took pole position and again during the race, when he pulled out several overtaking moves and the secured the fastest lap of the race.
Unfortunately, the collision at the first corner compromised his entire race.
โI know the team has been working hard, doing their best, but we didn't achieve what we wanted to. It's hard to cross the line realizing that you are not in the fight anymore,โ he said. โI fought to the end, giving everything I had. Then obviously in the last laps, when I had a big gap to Kimi, it would have been difficult for me to close it without something happening, like a Safety Car, โ
โBut I was still believing. But in the end it didn't happen. For sure it is not a great day for us, but it's not about us today, it's about Lewis and I congratulate him. Tomorrow you wake up and it will be a different day. The team is growing, and there are many positive aspects. Overall, I think we are on the right path.โ
Right to the very end, the team fought for the chance of winning this world championship. Now they will continue to do their very best in the two remaining Grands Prix, tackling them with the same level of concentration and determination. They also Congratulated Lewis Hamilton on his world championship title.