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Sobering up at VETTL: We were hoping for POINTS, but the car was TOO SLOW

Sebastian Vettel explained after the Portuguese Grand Prix race why he failed to achieve a result among the points winners and how he will now proceed to Aston Martin.

Photo: HB Press

Who starts the race from the city points winners, he also wants to finish it between points. However Sebastian Vettl that on the race GP of Portugal failed, moreover, he lost places during the race and crossed the finish line as 13.

His conclusion after the race it read: “We understand race cars better and better, but we lack speed and we have to work on that."It simply came to our notice then weaknesses AMR21, which is at a distance of 300 kilometers compared to competitors easily too weak. Or as he described Hag"The strategy was good. Below the line, however, we didn’t have enough speed to put the race cars in front of us under pressure. It was very tricky because of that and because of that we slipped back."

The disappointment on the faces of both Aston Martin racers was visible from space. Despite changing places to get Lance to catch at least a point with fresher tires, it failed. Vettel points out that AMR212 is too slow - Photo: HB Press

It can be at first Hag held his tenth place until he overtook him in the 17th lap Ricciardo. It is at the stops in the pits Hag lost further posts which he could not later make up for. Because of this, the result is a lot for him disappointment. "We were hoping that as a team we could win some point."It simply came to our notice then Lance stroll he did not come in the top ten, but finished the race in place for Vettel. The Canadian had fresher tires towards the end of the race. “That's why we asked Sebastian to drop Lance forward so he could try to catch up with the cars in front of him,He said Otmar Szafnauer, team boss Aston Martin. By changing places, the team hoped for some point. “However, Lance failed, causing him to then sportily return the city to Sebastian in the final lap."

Disappointment also reigns among those in charge of the Aston Martin team, and boss Szafnauer hopes that they will show a better performance in Barcelona - Photo: HB Press

Hag generally says it is AMR21 a race car that makes life difficult for the racer. Otherwise, v Portimão got better, but: “For both of us, Lance and I still find it very difficult to get the car in the right window and then be constantly fast.”Help could come in the form of new parts in Barcelona namely on both race cars. “Yes, in Barcelona we will have improvements on both race cars. The question, however, is how big this step will be compared to others.“Straight team AlpineF1 has shown in Portugal what can be achieved through improvement. “They were significantly stronger than in the first two races," so Hag. So it is not impossible that a step forward can be made in his team as well.

Hag but he doesn’t want to promise too much. “Of course, there are differences from track to track. I hope Barcelona will suit us better.“His boss Saffron he added: "That we didn’t score points in Portimao is, of course, a disappointment. The good news is that we will be racing in Spain next weekend. Then we will have a chance to fix that."          

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