A poor getaway was Sebastian Vettel’s main reason for losing out in the German Grand Prix on Sunday, having started from pole position. Following a post-race investigation which leaves the two Ferraris first and second, the Red Bull man finishes third at his home race.
A poor start by Vettel saw the German rush to the inside in order to fend off the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso but to no avail, only for his team-mate Massa to then sweep around the outside of both duelling drivers.
“Normally we have very good starts, so I’m not really sure what happened today,” said Sebastian. “I had quite a lot of grip, I dumped the clutch, but got bogged down, so the first five to ten metres of the acceleration were poor. I was lucky I didn't stall the engine, but I lost the momentum so I knew that it would be very tight with Fernando who I was already side-by-side with.
“There was no way I could stay ahead of him and then I was surprised to see Felipe coming from the left. But, after that we still had a good race. The closer I got to the car in front, I began to feel tyres losing grip and starting to grain, but I think for most of the race the Ferraris were probably a tenth or two quicker than us. It was difficult to keep up the pace.”
“I enjoyed the first part of the race and had a good scrap with Lewis,” added Webber, whose day was spoilt by high oil consumption levels. “He didn't look too comfortable on the Option (softer compound) tyre and I was getting held up a bit. When I came in for a pit-stop, I thought Lewis might come in at the same time, but he stayed out a lap longer.
“In the end, the guys did a very good job, but we came back out in traffic. It was a little bit of a gamble to try and jump Lewis and we lost a bit of track to him. Jenson tried a different strategy and went longer and unfortunately was able to jump me.”
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