Hamilton: The car is not up to the rivals' level.

      Ferrari remains the only team among the top four that has not won a single Grand Prix this season. Lewis Hamilton believes one of the main problems is falling behind rivals in qualifying…

      Lewis Hamilton: “Our guys try so hard every weekend, from catering to marketing, from the mechanics to the engineers – at every stage they really give their all. But our car simply doesn’t match the level of the rivals, especially considering they’ve developed theirs several times. We can’t compete with them. We are forced to walk a fine line, trying to get as close to them as possible.

      We could have achieved more in Singapore, but in qualifying we haven’t been able to fully exploit the car’s potential. We could have started third and fourth this weekend if we had, for example, made fuller use of the tyres’ potential and, say, hadn’t been queuing at the end of the pit lane.

      In the race we were roughly on a par in terms of pace with at least a couple of the cars ahead, but not faster. If we can fix the qualifying situation, which is very, very difficult to do against the rivals’ quick cars, we can get slightly better results. But ultimately we’re currently fighting for fourth, fifth or sixth place.”