Sebastian Vettel believes Ferrari had the outri♐ght pace to claim victory in the Monaco Grand Prix but admitted race-winner🃏 Daniel Ricciardo “had the answers at all times”.

Vettel shadowed the Red Bull driver throughout in Monte Carlo but was unable to find a way past around Monaco’s tight streets as he was forced to settle for second place, despite Ricciardo losing 25 percent of his Formula 1 Renault engine that cost him around 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2.5s per lap according to Red Bull. 

“I think we had the pace but it was a tricky race, I think Daniel had the answers at all times,” Vettel explained. “First stint I cou﷽ld follow him pretty easy but then he started to push just when Lewis started to pit. He was a bit stronger there and I couldn’t follow, I was going through the tyres pretty quick.

“Obviously I saw the issue and was told also by radio, so that’s why I started to push. But as soon as I got too close or closer, I struggled to stay there. Whe𓃲never I got in range, especially the exit of the tunnel, I was too far off to try and get close. 

“I had a couple of times DRS, but obviously the track ma💖kes it quite difficult, which is a bonus if you are ahead. With all the problems he had, he was still quicker than us.”

Vettel admits he was mystified by the amount of time he lost to Ricciardo as he struggled with tyre temperatures following a late Virtual Safety Car period, having dropped around five seconds to the Aust♒ralian. 

“I don’t know why [it happened],” he said. “I had the McLar✃en which was just ahead in Safety Car line and a☂fter that on the restart I think it took me a while to get away. I was a bit surprised. 

“I had poor warm-up, my tyres was 𝔍very old. I struggled for one lap, I also did𒐪n’t want to take a stupid risk. But I was surprised I lost so much time. 

“It was a bit of a shame as it would have been ni🥀ce to finish the race behind Da🐠niel and keep the pressure up, but it wasn’t to be.”