Sebastian Vettel insists he did nothing 🃏different when running over the bumps at the Circuit𓆏 of the Americas after retiring from the United States Grand Prix with suspension failure.

The Ferrari driver suffered a suspension failure on🦄 the right rear of his SF90 when he ran wide over🌼 the kerbs at Turn 8 on the eighth lap of Sunday’s race in Austin.

Vettel, who struggled with understeer in the opening laps and dro🦂pped down the order, immediately retired due to the damage while running seventh in the order.

“There was very poor grip in the first lap, I had to let a lot of cars by, and I struggled really to get the c𒐪ar to work, especially in right-hand corners,” Vettel explained.

“And some laps in, the suspension failed over the bump in Turn 9. But I’ve done nothing differen🐓t to the previous✤ laps and the whole weekend.

“I’ve been taking a lot of care the whole weekend. I did🅰n’t do anything different to the whole weekend, but surely something broke, so something didn’t last.”

The bumps at COTA had proved a controversial topic throughout the weekend, with drivers labelling t🦂he state of the track surface as "totally unacceptable". 

Asked if he felt any contact at the s🗹tart, Vettel replied: “No I had no contact, but I just wante💃d to make sure they go through the footage again.

“I just had really, really poor grip, struggled to get the tyres to work, and had a poor feeling wiꦇth the car straightaway.

“It took some laps to get the tyres up to work, and from there, I was just about settling into a rhythm. I still had issues in right hand corners mostly, but I obviously had to get used 🦂to it, and then the suspension failed.”