SECOND SEBASTIAN VETTEL
I thought there was a bit in the very beginning
where I could have been a bit more aggressive
but it was a bit hard to tell because for the
formation lap, for some reason… I have the time
of day in the car and it was two o’clock and the
lights didn’t go off. So I was ready to go. I don’t
know why there was a delay. Maybe whoever’s
responsible to turn the lights off, didn’t turn the
lights off! What I mean by that is that I didn’t get
a proper read of how the grip was at the grid, so
I think I ended up maybe a bit too conservative.
Still, I had a good start. I had a look in the mirror,
mine was I think better than Kimi’s. I saw Valtteri
coming and I thought ‘OK, it will be close’ but it
felt like I had a tent dragged behind me and he
was gaining a lot. He was able even before we hit
the braking to come back and shut the door. So I
did well but nothing I could have done, I had the
outside line but nowhere to do so in reality that’s
part of where we lost the race. And then the first
stint: we were just not quick enough to stay with
him. In the end of the day we can talk about my
race but is Valtteri’s day. He drove a fantastic
race, he had incredible pace. Also, if you look
all weekend where he’s been compared to his
team-mate, so, y’know, he’s done a superb job,
it’s his day and he deserves to win because he
drove better than all the rest of us. So… it’s not
easy to swallow. I would have loved, obviously,
to come back but that’s the way it was. Well
done.