Vettel: "We still have a lot of potential to unleash"

Sebastian Vettel claims that his Ferrari team still have a lot left to give this season following their gap to Mercedes increasing at the weekend.

Ferrari's car noticeably has the better features on it this season than Mercedes do.

However, with two wins in a row for leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes' advantage has risen to ten points and Hamilton's to 24 over the German.

Vettel's had some bad luck in the past couple of races - crashing out of his home race in Germany after comfortably being in the lead before a slow pit stop ended his chances of victory in Hungary.

Despite the recent bad luck, Vettel remains confident about Ferrari's chances of winning the Constructors' Championship this season.

"This year has shown so far that our car is more efficient, our car is stronger and still has a lot of potential to unleash," Vettel told GrandPrix247.com.

"So I'm quite confident with what's sitting in the pipeline that we can improve.

"Compared to last year, we lost the championship I think because our car wasn't quick enough to be a match in the final part of the season. I am happy to see that the car is fast, it has worked well on every track so far.

"I think this is the most important thing. Our car has a big potential, so I feel relaxed, going on holiday, for the races to come.

"I am confident that if we have a car to fight with we can put them under pressure and make things happen in the second half (of the season)."