SPORTS NEWS : Vettel: Ferrari can compete with Mercedes this year

Sebastian Vettel Ferrari driver, world champion Formula 1 car four times said that the Mercedes team champions is the favorite to win the world championship again this year, but Ferrari have a car capable of defiance during the racing season.

Ferrari showed impressive speed during the pre-season and is the team closest to dislodge Mercedes from the throne of the tournament, which was dominated by the tests in the last two seasons.
In response to a question about the extent of the Italian team strength in the competition for the title was the German driver's blunt when he said at a news conference ahead of the opening race at Albert Park circuit on Thursday: "I think we have the capacity to do so. The question is whether we will be ready on time. But we are making progress .
"We have come a step in the winter. But our goal is to change the facts on the ground. Mercedes team is still a hot favorite to win the title but we are trying to become the team favorite to win."
Vettel said that the new Ferrari car As.av16-H represents "a significant development" and "a big step forward in general," compared to last year's car.
"We did a good job of Gaah..ohma allows us to become faster than others since the beginning and we also have a greater chance to develop during the year. This is good news.
"But it is this good news from the start I do not know. But we are fully aware that our team faces a very big challenge. We recognize that strong competition but we are working with full force."
Ferrari has not won a drivers' title since Finn Kimi Raikkonen's victory in 2007. The last title of constructors won was in 2008.
Ferrari was also the only team other than Mercedes, which rose one his drivers to the podium in the last year as Vettel clinched three victories in races last season, which was distributed among the champions Hamilton (10 victories) and teammate Nico Rosberg Mercedes (6 wins).

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