Form 1 | In front of Mercedes, Vettel presses Ferrari to 'work better' next year

"I'm not happy, of course, for not getting what we wanted this year" said Sebastian Vettel after his 2nd place at Suzuka.

"But it was not Japan that made the difference, nor the last Grand Prix. This year was long, it is still in progress. We do not miss anything, we just have to work better. We are very committed, we work very hard, but it is not yet at the level that can be reached. Mercedes has shown in recent years that you can do better than that, and you can maintain that level. I do not think we are in that position. We must therefore work better. "

"We do not need to work harder, but to work better. So there is always room for improvement. All we can learn this year – and we have learned a lot I think – about our weaknesses will be helpful. We have advanced the car, but we are not there yet. We have had a series of positive races, but we are still a little behind. "

Sebastian Vettel learned about Ferrari, but what did he learn about Mercedes and his competitors?

"It's very difficult, you can not know what they're doing. But from the outside … they are very close to perfection. Each time they are very consistent, they make very few mistakes. If you win the constructors title four races before the end, then, that means you do better in a lot of areas. In the details, we could say that their car works better than ours, but I do not think that is the case for the big picture, it is an effort of the whole team. And we really have the engineers, the hard work, the intelligence, but you just have to do better. "

"It's a question of little details. It's not something we need to improve, it's a lot of little things. I hope Mercedes will tire a little too! "

From now on, the title can only return to Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Mathematically, the first is much better … and besides, for Sebastian Vettel, there is no suspense.

"Lewis will win this title. It does not matter which race. I do not think it's important to him, right? It would not matter to me either … "