Sebastian Vettel admits: "We were less competitive than we expected"

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18:06, 29 Mar 2019

Sebastian Vettel has admitted he expected his Ferrari to be more competitive in Australia last weekend. So far this weekend in Bahrain, Ferrari have topped the timesheets as they look to bounce back.

"Mercedes were more competitive than we [Ferrari] expected and we were less competitive than we expected so that explains the bigger time difference," Vettel said in front of the Sky Sports cameras.

His younger teammate, Charles Leclerc managed to push Vettel in Melbourne and could have overtaken him was it not for team orders. The man from Monaco admits he will continue to push his German teammate.

"He's a four-time world champion and a good benchmark for me. I will push him as much as possible and I'll be in front of him as much as possible, and then we'll see what happens," Leclerc said.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	242
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	183
3	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	183
4	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	159
5	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	155
6	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	112
7	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	104
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	68
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	49
10	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	44
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	23
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
13	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	10
15	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	6
16	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
18	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
19	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	3
20	Yuki Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda	Racing BullsRCB	0
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
23	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0

Sebastian Vettel admits: "We were less competitive than we expected"

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