Sebastian Vettel refused to get ahead of himself when considering his championship chances after taking what he described as a “perfect” win at the Canadian GP.
The Ferrari driver moved back to the top of the Drivers’ standings by a single point over Lewis Hamilton after his third win of 2018 and 50th in his Formula 1 career, while his main rival slumped to fifth.
However, with only a third of the season gone, the four-time champion knows staying ahead is much easier said than done.
This year there are so many races to come still,” he said. “I think we enjoy the victory today. We take the points of course, so whatever there is to grasp we’ll take it. But still a very long way to go.”
His triumph brought to an end something of a jinx for the Scuderia in Montreal, with his pole on Saturday the first since 2001 and the success on Sunday ending a 14-year run without in the Ferrari-mad country.
“Perfect is probably a good way to describe it. Unbelievable,” Vettel claimed. “I think the whole thing, it’s been like a cinema – in a movie – with a happy end. It’s been a great weekend for us.
“Michael [Schumacher] was the last winner [for Ferrari],” he added. “I would never even have known or dreamt that far that I would have been the next one after him to win for Ferrari here with so much support.
“I think after a long stretch that Ferrari didn’t win here, I saw the people around and they were super happy. I’m sure they had a blast, and they will have a blast tonight too.”