Sebastian Vettel lacks confidence in Ferrari car despite Australian GP win

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Sebastian Vettel says he still lacks confidence in his Ferrari car despite winning the season-opening Australian GP, admitting he's not "captain on-board".

The race rather fell into the four-time world champion's hands on Sunday as a Virtual Safety Car meant he emerged from his first pit-stop marginally ahead of previous runaway race leader Lewis Hamilton, who was then unable to pass on a tight track.

Ferrari displayed better race pace than indicated in both winter testing and Melbourne practice, with Kimi Raikkonen joining Vettel on the podium.

But Vettel was was not totally convincing - or totally convinced.

"We lack a little bit of pace," said Vettel, who was third before the opening pit-stops and gained more than 10 seconds on Mercedes thanks to the Virtual Safety Car.

"I lack a little bit of confidence in the car so it's not yet where we want to be and there's a lot of work still to do."

Vettel qualified more than half a second down on Hamilton on the second row and then struggled with the car's set-up during the race.

"When the balance is changing between stints, I'm not yet completely captain on-board," he admitted to Sky F1.