Maurizio Arrivabene believes Ferrari's deficit to Mercedes is now just one tenth of a second despite Nico Rosberg's dominant victory at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Rosberg claimed his third straight win of 2016 in Shanghai, a victory made more straightforward by Sebastian Vettel colliding with Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen at Turn 1. A day earlier Ferrari squandered an opportunity to get a car on to the front row when Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo jumped ahead of both its drivers into second.
Vettel and Raikkonen fought back from the first lap incident to finish second and fifth respectively in the grand prix but Ferrari team boss Arrivabene says Mercedes would have had a battle without mistakes throughout the weekend.
"In qualifying we could target pole position," Arrivabene is quoted as saying by Motorsport.com. "With our calculation we believed we were one tenth behind Mercedes, which is a margin that with a final push from the drivers could even be reduced to zero. But it didn't happen."







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