正确。如果后半句用将来时会更好:the fewer mistakes you will make. 相当于:If you are more careful, you will make fewer mistakes. 这种语法就是中学老师常常说的“主将从现”,即从句用一般现在时,主句往往用将来时。
我想是这样The more you care about it, the more you are not likely to make mistakes.