Sebastian Vettel claims he isn’t worried about racing with the thinner tyres this weekend. Pirelli have reduced the tread depth for the French Grand Prix on Sunday. The last time they did that was in Barcelona where the Ferrari didn’t perform.
The tread depth has also been reduced for the Silverstone Grand Prix in a couple of weeks time. But Vettel isn’t teeing this up for an excuse come Sunday afternoon.
“We found what made us so uncompetitive in Spain. The problem was not the new tyre, but how we prepared our car for them. We were young,” said the current Championship leader.
“That makes me confident that when we use these stiffer tyres again, we’ll know what to do.”
Vettel now leads the championship over Lewis Hamilton by just one point after winning in Canada
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