Ferrari Needed Abu Dhabi GP Reality Check to Hush 2016 Formula 1 Title Chat

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Published: December 5, 2015

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It has come to something when merely remaining on the same lap as the race winners is the sure sign of a team on course for great things.

Having recovered from their first winless season in 21 years in 2014 to claim three grand prix victories, 13 further podium finishes and even a pole position—arguably the greatest achievement of all—in 2015, Ferrari have plenty of reasons to celebrate as Formula One begins its winter break.

Yet despite Sebastian Vettel's surprise triumph in the second round in Malaysia, the smash-and-grab afternoon in Hungary and that dominant weekend under the night sky in Singapore, none of Ferrari's victories were met with quite the same levels of excitement and encouragement as one of their most damning defeats.



At November's Brazilian Grand Prix, just a fortnight after their worst performance of the season in Mexico, Ferrari were comprehensively outclassed by Mercedes, the two-time constructors' world champions.

In qualifying, per the official F1 website, Vettel's best time in Q3, despite earning him third place on the grid, was 0.522 seconds slower than Nico Rosberg's pole-position lap, while team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was forced to settle for fifth after being beaten by Williams' Valtteri Bottas.

Mercedes' advantage continued into the race as Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, on one of the shortest circuits on the calendar, sped away into the distance, lapping every other driver in the field.



Except, of course, those in scarlet red.

Although Vettel and Raikkonen were the only ones spared the indignity of moving aside for the Silver Arrows, Ferrari were hardly in contention for victory at Interlagos as the former finished 14 seconds behind Rosberg and the latter almost 46 seconds adrift of first place.

But to them, this seemed to be further evidence that they were moving in the right direction, that they wer...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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