Team Principal Maurizio Arrivabene
has stressed that Ferrari must stay focused after Sebastian
Vettel gave them victory in the season-opening Australian Grand
Prix on Sunday.
It was the Italian glamour team's first victory since Vettel
won in Singapore in September 2015.
"This is only the first race of the championship: there are
still 19 to go and we must maintain a high level of
concentration at every grand prix, avoiding distractions and,
already as from today, we are looking ahead to the next grand
prix in China," said Arrivabene.
Four-time world champion Vettel came home ahead of Mercedes
duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, with his Ferrari team
mate Kimi Raikkonen taking fourth place.
Arrivabene expressed satisfaction at the performance of
Ferrari's new race car, the SF70H.
"When we launched the SF70H we referred to it as 'our
Ferrari' and indeed today's win reflects all the effort and hard
work put in over the past few months, both in Maranello and at
the track," he said.
"Our car went very well on track: it was well balanced and
consistent performance from the tyres meant we were able to
adopt an aggressive strategy".
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