Sebastian Vettel has revealed that his spin during the Bahrain Grand Prix was not due to pressure. Ferrari was set for a one-two finish after locking out the front row during qualifying but a number of events left Ferrari in 3rd and 5th. After the race, many pundits were quick to blame the Vettel incident on his inability to race wheel to wheel but the German has said that this was not the case.
“To be honest, I don’t think it has anything to do with pressure,” he said to PlanetF1.
“Obviously, when I was fighting with Lewis, the target was to stay ahead and that was the ambition. I got surprised when I lost the rear that suddenly, and then when I was in the spin it was already too late.
“I had a look at it again, certainly it was my mistake and I need to digest that our race could have been a bit better without that spin at that time, but nevertheless it was a difficult race and there is plenty of homework on my side this weekend not having the feel for the car, especially yesterday and today, so we need to have a good look.
“From a team’s point of view, it was a good step forward from two weeks ago. Plenty of reason to look forward, and generally, I am looking forward.
“Certainly, I am not happy today and I won’t be happy tonight, but I am quite happy to get in the car for Wednesday for the test and there is quite a lot of things I would like to try.”
With his world championship pedigree, Vettel is sure to bounce back in time for China and will look to stage his comeback and battle for the championship.
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