Sebastian Vettel is optimistic that Ferrari can end the 2015 season on a high by winning the final two rounds of the season in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
The four-time champion comes off the back of his first retirement of the season, after he crashed out of the Mexico Grand Prix, in what was all round a disastrous race for the Maranello giants.
Team-mate Kimi Raikkonen also retired; it was a first double retirement for Ferrari since the 2006 Australian Grand Prix.
Commenting on the disappointing weekend in Mexico, Vettel told Motorsport.com: “[Mexico] was probably the worst race we’ve had this year, but we’ve got had a lot of good races and this season we have been gradually closing the gap.”
“The pace on Saturday was very promising, but obviously we were not in the right position. The next few races we promise to give it everything, and the target is to be as close as possible and ideally in front.”
Looking forward to Brazil and Abu Dhabi, Vettel believes it will be a tall order to outperform Mercedes, but insists the team is working hard to close the gap that was more than a second at the start of the year.
“There are two races to go, and two more wins we can potentially get, so this is our aim, even though it won’t be easy,” he said.
“The team has done an incredible job across the season to close the gap; eight or nine months ago the gap was something like 1.3 or 1.4 seconds [off the pace].
“Now it’s half a second or less, so we’ve been doing the right things.”
