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Sebastian Vettel compares Ferrari's problems to a Rubik's Cube

Despite four straight defeats to Mercedes in the first four races of the 2019 season, Sebastian Vettel says there is good reason to keep the faith in his Ferrari team.

After two promising weeks of pre-season testing, Ferrari was being billed as the team to beat in 2019. But four races later and Vettel is already 35 points adrift of championship leader Valtteri Bottas and 34 points adrift of defending champion Lewis Hamilton.

"Boring, boring," Vettel joked when asked about Mercedes' strong start to the year. "So boring, so boring... it's not just four races, it's been, what?