Vettel: We are not quick enough to fight Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel has admitted that Ferrari is not quick enough to challenge Mercedes. The Scuderia brought a number of updates to the Spanish Grand Prix but appear to be no match for Mercedes.

The German finished qualifying in third, a whopping eight-tenths of a second down on the pole time of Valtteri Bottas and pointed to the final sector as a key area in which the team was losing time to its rivals.

Speaking on the grid after qualifying, Vettel admitted that despite feeling confident in the car, the SF90 was simply not quick enough to challenge the Mercedes duo.

"The car doesn’t feel bad but obviously we are not quick enough,” he said.

Ferrari will be worried if it's a trend that continues, with the final sector at the Circuit de Catalunya a reliable indicator as to who can expect to be fast at the next race in Monaco.