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Sebastian Vettel has dismissed claims that Ferrari's winless start to 2016 is down to the fact that the team no longer dominates the sport as it did over a decade ago.
Speaking to the press ahead of the first Formula One race in Azerbaijan, the German said that the team still has the desire to win, but conceded that in order to be victorious there are a number of factors that need to be considered.
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"Obviously I joined the team last year and I think it’s a very strong team and I think in the end the mentality is responsible for the fact whether you win or not," he said "Ultimately, obviously, every day you can chose one hundred different reasons. First of all, if you’re competitive enough or not, usually that’s one of the main reasons but in terms of mentality, I see a team full of winning people."
"I think there’s definitely the desire to win from everyone involved. This is also one of the things that makes me very confident that we will start winning sooner or later," he added. "Of course the ambition for anyone involved is always to win, some achieve it and some don’t and there are reasons for that, as I said. I think what really makes you a winner is not just the fact that you have a car that’s quick enough, it’s the people that operate the car ultimately and in this regard I think we’re a very very strong team."
Despite insisting that Ferrari is a strong outfit with the will to win, he admitted that himself and the team can continue to learn as they work their way back to the front of the field.
"We can be stronger, so there’s stuff that we can learn and will always have to learn but I haven’t seen a winner yet – a winning team or a winning person – that has learned all the lessons in life or everything there is to learn and in this regard we’re complete," he said. "I think naturally if you look at our sport, the way it’s changing, evolving etc, there’s always things that you can learn as a team."
"There’s definitely things you can learn as a driver, how to drive the car so yeah, I think this never stops but I think it’s the mentality that is most responsible for whether you make it or not."
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