Vettel: Ferrari lacking everywhere

Vettel carrying a slow Ferrari on his back

Sebastian Vettel says there is no specific area where Ferrari needs to improve if it is to consistently challenge Mercedes, insisting progress must be made across the board.

Ferrari held hopes of challenging for the 2016 title but has slipped 103 points behind Mercedes after the first nine Grands Prix, and has yet to win a race this season.

When asked where Ferrari needs to focus, Vettel replied: "Looking at the comparisons and everything we see compared to Mercedes, I don't think anything stands out.

"We need a bit more everywhere, slow speed corners [are] quite good and strong for us, not all of them at every track, but most of them.

"In medium and high speed [corners] we are lacking a bit.

"Talking about power we've made massive improvements, which you can see, but we also know that in qualifying Mercedes has the ability to turn it up.

"All of a sudden they have 30 horsepower more, 35 horsepower more, it's something you see, you feel.

"You don't necessarily see it in the sectors, but it's something that is still missing… to sum it up we're not yet where we want to be, but we're on the right track with plenty of work ahead of us."