Ferrari Team Principal Maurizio Arrivabene admits Williams were quicker than Ferrari despite Sebastian Vettel finishing third, ahead of both Williams drivers.
Vettel pitted one lap before the Williams drivers for the intermediates which proved to be the decisive move.
“Overall I can’t be happy with this weekend: on an all-dry race, the result would have been much different. I feel happy because once again Seb made the perfect call to come into the pits, and then drove superbly to open the gap to the Williams cars. Also, I am pleased with a very good race strategy.”
On the other hand, Kimi Raikkonen pitted several laps before his team-mate which proved to be the wrong decision and came home a disappointing eighth.
”In the case of Kimi, whose strategy was identical to Seb’s, he thought it better to come in. If it had rained harder, maybe he could have won the race. But we must be honest and acknowledge that Williams was stronger than us today.”
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