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Vettel: "The biggest aim was to close the gap as much as possible and we failed"
Sebastian Vettel has admitted the Ferrari team failed in closing the gap at the French Grand Prix this weekend as he finished fifth with his teammate in fourth.
Vettel made up two places during the race but was never really challenging after his disappointing qualifying session on Saturday, which saw him start the race in P7. The German eventually finished in P5 but was unable to compete with the leading pack, whilst his teammate, Charles Leclerc finished on the podium in third.
Following the race, Vettel admitted the team had failed in their objective for the weekend but hoped the Austrian Grand Prix will pan out differently.
"We know it's straight forward in terms of speed - we are fast on the straights and not so much in the corners," said Vettel.
"This weekend, the biggest aim was to close the gap as much as possible and we failed.
"We have to understand why some of the bits we brought didn’t work and hopefully we can try again and the track layout in Austria next week will go our way.
"The track here is very hot, and the more grip you have the more you can look after your tyres and that seems to be favouring Mercedes more than us."