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Order will change from race to race - Vettel

Sebastian Vettel reckons it is too early to judge who has the fastest car © Getty Images

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Sebastian Vettel is expecting the pecking order at the top to change from race to race depending on how the characteristics of each individual track suits the cars.

At the season opener in Bahrain Vettel appeared to have the faster car but a faulty spark plug meant he lost power and eventually track position to the Ferraris. He believes the Italian team is strong but is not convinced the order at the top is clear cut.

"If you look in Bahrain, they [Ferrari] looked extremely competitive," Vettel told Autosport. "For sure, quicker than anyone else, but also in winter testing, all the way through, they have been very, very strong. But it will also be circuit to circuit. Some circuits you like more, some circuits you like less - sometimes from a driver point of view, sometimes the car just behaves better on one type of circuit. So, it is difficult to really say this car or that car. There are four teams that are very strong, but the midfield is also very strong - like Force India. We have done one race in Bahrain. That is the only real experience we have, apart from testing, so we need to wait a bit more."

Vettel is confident that the RB6 is one of the best all-round cars on the grid this year and thinks its pace in Bahrain will translate into a good result this weekend in Australia.

"I think, as I said, the most important thing going out of Bahrain, even though we didn't win, was that we have a very fast car," he said. "So, Friday we were struggling, we were not up to speed, but on Saturday and Sunday we were in quite good shape. So, it should be strong here - let's see what we can do."

He added that he was not expecting a repeat of the reliability problem that robbed him of potential victory in Bahrain.

"The failure on Sunday, it is seldom that happens - maybe it happens only every 10 years," Vettel said. "It shouldn't happen again. It is quite rare that the spark plugs fail."

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