F1 | Ferrari, Vettel disappointed at the end of qualifying: "I'm sorry for Sainz, but I didn't see him and I wasn't informed of his arrival"

Third position for Sebastian Vettel at the end of qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix, ninth round of the 2018 Formula 1 world championship. The German from Ferrari was unable to compete on equal terms with the Mercedes, with Valterri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton who put in he shows a totally different pace during Q3, especially with the ultra soft tires. Also pay attention to post-session communications: the four-time World Champion, in fact, blocked Carlos Sainz during Q2, ending up under the magnifying glass of race direction. Further developments are therefore expected in the next few minutes.

Here are the German words: “My team probably didn't even notice Carlos' lap and I'm sorry I ruined his lap. I haven't really seen it. Afterwards I will definitely go and talk to him to apologize, but I had no intention of blocking him. In Q3 I was angry with the team for not giving me the communication of Sainz's lap, but in the end these are things that need to be discussed internally"

“As for performance, however, I knew we had to push hard”, he added. “Mercedes had something more and among other things they implemented a different strategy with the super soft in Q2. I wanted to push, but I made a mistake on the first run and missed an opportunity. In the second attempt to get closer to the leaders and in the end I succeeded with this third position".

“At the start we will have different tires and there could be some opportunities at the start. Last week with Kimi it went well, while I had some problems, but this is another track with totally different conditions"he concluded.