Vettel diaries, Friday: making tracks to Spain

In this weekend’s Friday diary, Sebastian talks travel, aerodynamics and the Spanish circuit…

"We’ll start with the good stuff: the journey to Barcelona was way easier than the ones to Melbourne or Shanghai. The lack of volcanic ash obviously helped.

I’m really looking forward to the race at the Circuit de Catalunya, the track should be perfect for our cars, which are great wherever we race, but high aerodynamic tracks like Barcelona make them even better.

The conclusion after the first four races is pretty simple: three out of four possible pole positions for me prove that we definitely have got speed. Of course, the races weren't without errors and we could have won more than just the one in Sepang, but at the same time I'm glad I’ve only had one retirement so far. All in all it could have been a lot worse.

At the moment we need to focus on what's ahead and make up the 15 point gap. And if you bear in mind that each win is worth 25 points, it really doesn't sound impossible anymore.

As for every race, we’ve also made some modifications to our aerodynamics. On Sunday we have to show that we’re able to transform these changes into victory.

It was great to be fastest in practice this afternoon and reward for everyone who had put in so much effort to updating the car. We managed to get all the parts on and adapt everything in time: in the end it all came together and the car's just great.

All in all we had two really good sessions, though I would have loved to have driven a few more laps, especially towards the end. But we can definitely be pleased with the day's results. Tomorrow won't be as easy and I think McLaren will improve.

But we’ll just have to wait and see…”

Source: Red Bull