user icon
icon
link-icon
<< Return to the news list
Vettel: "Ferrari can improve in qualifying"

Vettel: "Ferrari can improve in qualifying"

  • Published on 13 Jul 2017 13:53
  • comments 5
  • By: Chris Soulsby

Heading to the British Grand Prix this weekend, Sebastian Vettel has revealed that Ferrari can improve its performance in qualifying. So far this season, the four time champion has secured one pole position at the Russian Grand Prix along with six other front row starts while fourth position remains as his lowest starting position at Baku. 

Talking about Silverstone, Vettel revealed  that "It should be a good track for us," when talking to Germany's  RTL. "Silverstone is full of fast corners. I think we can improve a bit in qualifying," he added. "Mercedes seem to be able to pull out a bit more performance than us."

Heading to the British Grand Prix this weekend, Vettel leads the Drivers' Championship by 20 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton who is his nearest rival on the grid. The round at Silverstone marks the tenth race of the 2017, and the half-way point of the current season of competition.

 

Chris Soulsby

mbmwe36

Posts: 533

Mercedes qualifying pace seems to come at the expense of cooking the tires a little bit during the race. And if that's the tradeoff, then I'd prefer good race pace.

  • 1
  • Jul 13 2017 - 16:32
F1 News Sebastian Vettel Ferrari

Replies (5)

Login to reply
  • mclarenfan1968

    Posts: 1,027

    No shit Sherlock.

    • + 0
    • Jul 13 2017 - 15:05
  • Wolfgang

    Posts: 313

    wondering what he means?! Cornering speed or turning up the engine power.. I´m looking forward to seeing those engine upgrades at Siverstone..

    • + 0
    • Jul 13 2017 - 15:52
  • mbmwe36

    Posts: 533

    Mercedes qualifying pace seems to come at the expense of cooking the tires a little bit during the race. And if that's the tradeoff, then I'd prefer good race pace.

    • + 1
    • Jul 13 2017 - 16:32
    • mclarenfan1968

      Posts: 1,027

      I'd argue that their tactic has paid off so far because it still seems like in 2017 track position is key if your straight-line speed advantage isn't that much pronounced versus your immediate competitor. DRS can only do so much in a battle between Ferrari and Merc on fresh tyres of the same compounds. Good race pace has not netted Ferrari a lot of win they shou;d have had by now. Vettel is just too damn good despite all that producing the results he has so far, if Ferrari had Merc's quali pace the FIA might as well give the WDC trophy to Vettel right now, it's a no contest.

      • + 0
      • Jul 14 2017 - 14:16
  • calle.itw

    Posts: 8,527

    Mercedes benefit greatly from their extra power during qualy, something Ferrari hasnt been able to replicate so far. The fast corners should indeed benefit Ferrari more, so this could be their weekend.

    • + 0
    • Jul 13 2017 - 17:16

BE Grand Prix of Belgium

Local time 

BEGrand Prix of Belgium

Local time 

World Championship standings 2023

Pos
Team
Points
1
Red Bull Racing
860
2
Mercedes
409
3
Ferrari
406
4
McLaren
302
5
Aston Martin
280
6
Alpine F1
120
7
Williams
28
8
Alpha Tauri
25
9
Alfa Romeo Racing
16
10
Haas F1
12
Show full world champion standings

Test calendar

Bahrain International Circuit - Winter testing

See full test schedule

Related news

Give your opinion!

Will Bottas challenge Hamilton for the world championship in 2020?

Formula 1 Calendar - 2024

Date
Grand Prix
Circuit
-
Bahrain
29 - Mar 2 2024
Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit
7 - Mar 9 2024
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah Street Circuit
22 - Mar 24 2024
Australia
Albert Park
5 - Apr 7 2024
Japan
Circuit Suzuka
19 - Apr 21 2024
China
Shanghai International Circuit
3 - May 5 2024
United States of America
Miami International Autodrome
17 - May 19 2024
Italy
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
24 - May 26 2024
Monaco
Monte Carlo
7 - Jun 9 2024
Canada
Gilles Villeneuve
21 - Jun 23 2024
Spain
Circuit de Catalunya
28 - Jun 30 2024
Austria
Red Bull Ring
5 - Jul 7 2024
United Kingdom
Silverstone
19 - Jul 21 2024
Hungary
Hungaroring
26 - Jul 28 2024
Belgium
Spa-Francorchamps
23 - Aug 25 2024
Netherlands
Circuit Zandvoort
30 - Sep 1 2024
Italy
Monza
13 - Sep 15 2024
Azerbaijan
Baku City Circuit
20 - Sep 22 2024
Singapore
Marina Bay Street Circuit
18 - Oct 20 2024
United States of America
Circuit of the Americas
25 - Oct 27 2024
Mexico
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
1 - Nov 3 2024
Brazil
Interlagos
22 - Nov 24 2024
United States of America
Las Vegas Street Circuit
29 - Dec 1 2024
Qatar
Losail International Circuit
6 - Dec 8 2024
United Arab Emirates
Yas Marina Circuit
See full schedule

Formula 1 Calendar - 2024

Date
Grand Prix & Circuit
-
Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit
29 - Mar 2 2024
Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit
7 - Mar 9 2024
Saudi Arabia Jeddah Street Circuit
22 - Mar 24 2024
Australia Albert Park
5 - Apr 7 2024
Japan Circuit Suzuka
19 - Apr 21 2024
China Shanghai International Circuit
3 - May 5 2024
United States of America Miami International Autodrome
17 - May 19 2024
Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
24 - May 26 2024
Monaco Monte Carlo
7 - Jun 9 2024
Canada Gilles Villeneuve
21 - Jun 23 2024
Spain Circuit de Catalunya
28 - Jun 30 2024
Austria Red Bull Ring
5 - Jul 7 2024
United Kingdom Silverstone
19 - Jul 21 2024
Hungary Hungaroring
26 - Jul 28 2024
Belgium Spa-Francorchamps
23 - Aug 25 2024
Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort
30 - Sep 1 2024
Italy Monza
13 - Sep 15 2024
Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit
20 - Sep 22 2024
Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit
18 - Oct 20 2024
United States of America Circuit of the Americas
25 - Oct 27 2024
Mexico Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
1 - Nov 3 2024
Brazil Interlagos
22 - Nov 24 2024
United States of America Las Vegas Street Circuit
29 - Dec 1 2024
Qatar Losail International Circuit
6 - Dec 8 2024
United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit
See full schedule

Driver profile

DE Sebastian Vettel 5
Sebastian Vettel
  • Country Germany
  • Date of b. Jul 3 1987 (38)
  • Place of b. Heppenheim, Germany
  • Weight 62 kg
  • Length 1.75 m
Show full profile

Team profile

Ferrari
Ferrari
Show full profile
show sidebar

Total queries: 4
Total time: 0.84678506851196
timesincestartcallerannotatebtdesc
0.001464
instantiate query log (0Q - total module time: 0.00075006s)
""
0.002218
boot (0Q - total module time: 0.00061989s)
""
0.002841
translation-init (1Q - total module time: 0.00104284s)
""
0.000268940.003604/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/index.php/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Statement.php:189(stopQuery)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Repository/Redirect.php:105(execute)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Entities/Redirect.php:112(findByOrigin)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/Redirects.php:108(getRedirectOrFalse)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Router.php:115(checkForDBRedirects)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/website.php:260(execute)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/index.php:11(require_once)
SELECT redirects.id, redirects.origin, redirects.referer FROM redirects WHERE redirects.origin = :origin ORDER BY id 
{"origin":"\/en\/news\/f1\/228916\/vettel-ferrari-can-improve-in-qualifying"}
0.003888
controller::news/f1/228916/vettel-ferrari-can-improve-in-qualifying (2Q - total module time: 0.75299096s)
""
0.081683160.005336/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Statement.php:189(stopQuery)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Repository/Article.php:389(execute)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:127(findNextArticle)
{"function":"F1T\\Controllers\\{closure}","class":"F1T\\Controllers\\News","object":{"current_page":"news"},"type":"->","args":[]}
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/Cache.php:144(call_user_func)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:158(lazyFetch)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:47(action_Index)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Router.php:269(dispatch)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Router.php:195(_load)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/website.php:260(execute)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/index.php:11(require_once)
SELECT Articles.ArticleId AS ArticleId, Articles.RewriteUrl AS RewriteUrl, Articles.ArticleType as ArticleType, Articles.Category as Category, Articles.cntnlang AS cntnlang, RacingSeries.RewriteUrl AS RacingSeriesRewriteUrl FROM Articles INNER JOIN RacingSeries ON Articles.RacingSerieId = RacingSeries.RacingSerieId WHERE Articles.cntnlang = :siteLang AND Articles.SiteId = :siteId AND Articles.Activated = 1 AND Articles.PublishDate < :publishDate AND Articles.ArticleType IN (:param0, :param1, :param2) AND Articles.ArticleId > :articleId ORDER BY Articles.ArticleId ASC LIMIT 1
{"siteLang":"en","siteId":"1","publishDate":"2026-02-04 21:10:00","articleId":228916,":param0":"Nieuws",":param1":"LiveRaceReport",":param2":"Liveblog"}
0.569375990.087083/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Statement.php:189(stopQuery)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Repository/Article.php:318(execute)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:128(findPrevArticle)
{"function":"F1T\\Controllers\\{closure}","class":"F1T\\Controllers\\News","object":{"current_page":"news"},"type":"->","args":[]}
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/Cache.php:144(call_user_func)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:158(lazyFetch)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:47(action_Index)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Router.php:269(dispatch)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Router.php:195(_load)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/website.php:260(execute)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/index.php:11(require_once)
SELECT Articles.ArticleId AS ArticleId, Articles.RewriteUrl AS RewriteUrl, Articles.ArticleType as ArticleType, Articles.Category as Category, Articles.cntnlang AS cntnlang, RacingSeries.RewriteUrl AS RacingSeriesRewriteUrl FROM Articles INNER JOIN RacingSeries ON Articles.RacingSerieId = RacingSeries.RacingSerieId WHERE Articles.cntnlang = :siteLang AND Articles.SiteId = :siteId AND Articles.Activated = 1 AND Articles.PublishDate < :publishDate AND Articles.ArticleType IN (:param0, :param1, :param2) AND Articles.ArticleId < :articleId ORDER BY Articles.ArticleId DESC LIMIT 1
{"siteLang":"en","siteId":"1","publishDate":"2026-02-04 21:10:00","articleId":228916,":param0":"Nieuws",":param1":"LiveRaceReport",":param2":"Liveblog"}
0.756887 cacheAble: yes
module:News\Result (0Q - total module time: 0.00853896s)
""
0.765430 cacheAble: yes
module:News\Photos (0Q - total module time: 0.00014806s)
""
0.765581 cacheAble: yes
module:News\Trending (0Q - total module time: 0.00012302s)
""
0.765706 cacheAble: yes
module:News\Reply (1Q - total module time: 0.06711698s)
""
0.034893040.766474/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Repository/CommentVotes.php/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php:1323(stopQuery)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Exec/SingleSelectExecutor.php:31(executeQuery)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query.php:325(execute)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php:1212(_doExecute)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php:1166(executeIgnoreQueryCache)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php:901(execute)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Repository/CommentVotes.php:192(getResult)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/CommentVotesManager.php:46(getCommentVotesByVoteIp)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Modules/News/Reply.php:101(getCommentVotesByIP)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ModuleBase.php:115(internalRender)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ModuleBase.php:89(captureOutput)
{"function":"F1T\\{closure}","class":"F1T\\ModuleBase","object":{"_amp":false},"type":"->","args":[]}
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/Cache.php:144(call_user_func)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ModuleBase.php:92(lazyFetch)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/ViewRenderer/TwigExtensions/ModuleRenderer.php:35(fetch)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:549(renderModule)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:182(block_mainContent)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:62(displayBlock)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:182(block_content)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:715(displayBlock)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:405(doDisplay)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:378(displayWithErrorHandling)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:45(display)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:405(doDisplay)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:378(displayWithErrorHandling)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:46(display)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:405(doDisplay)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:378(displayWithErrorHandling)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:390(display)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/TemplateWrapper.php:45(render)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php:318(render)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/ViewRenderer/TwigRenderer.php:115(render)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ViewTrait.php:98(render)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ViewTrait.php:79(renderViewFile)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/website.php:261(render)
/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/index.php:11(require_once)
SELECT c0_.CommentId AS CommentId_0, c1_.Vote AS Vote_1 FROM Comments c0_ INNER JOIN CommentVotes c1_ ON (c1_.CommentId = c0_.CommentId) WHERE c0_.ArticleId = ? AND c1_.VoteIp = ?
[228916,"216.73.216.82"]
0.832827 cacheAble: no
module:Sidebar (0Q - total module time: 0.00042796s)
""
0.833259
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00001597s)
""
0.833277
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::gpschedule (0Q - total module time: 0.00000215s)
""
0.833280 cacheAble: yes
module:GpSchedule (0Q - total module time: 0.00015712s)
""
0.833440
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::results (0Q - total module time: 0.00000501s)
""
0.833446 cacheAble: yes
module:Results (0Q - total module time: 0.00012302s)
""
0.833571
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::testcalendar (0Q - total module time: 0.00000286s)
""
0.833575 cacheAble: yes
module:TestCalendar (0Q - total module time: 0.00010920s)
""
0.833686
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00000405s)
""
0.833692
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00000215s)
""
0.833695
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::relatednews (0Q - total module time: 0.00000286s)
""
0.833698 cacheAble: yes
module:RelatedNews (0Q - total module time: 0.00010920s)
""
0.833810
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::whoischatting (0Q - total module time: 0.00000596s)
""
0.833816
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00000215s)
""
0.833819
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::poll (0Q - total module time: 0.00000191s)
""
0.833821 cacheAble: no
module:Poll (0Q - total module time: 0.00185895s)
""
0.835682
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00000811s)
""
0.835692
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00000191s)
""
0.835694
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::gpcalendar (0Q - total module time: 0.00000215s)
""
0.835697 cacheAble: yes
module:GpCalendar (0Q - total module time: 0.00953603s)
""
0.845240
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::driver_Info (0Q - total module time: 0.00001407s)
""
0.845256 cacheAble: yes
module:Driver\Info (0Q - total module time: 0.00016809s)
""
0.845427
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::team_Info (0Q - total module time: 0.00000715s)
""
0.845436 cacheAble: yes
module:Team\Info (0Q - total module time: 0.00011706s)
""
0.845555
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::linkedKeywords (0Q - total module time: 0.00000620s)
""
0.845593
sidebar:sidebar-news-read::gpsidebarnavigation (0Q - total module time: 0.00000596s)
""
0.845599 cacheAble: no
module:GpSidebarNavigation (0Q - total module time: 0.00053501s)
""
0.846138 cacheAble: yes
module:Layout\Footer (0Q - total module time: 0.00012088s)
""
0.846263 cacheAble: yes
module:News\Breaking (0Q - total module time: 0.00051498s)
""
0.846781
done
""