Sebastian Vettel has accepted responsibility for his crash, which ended his race and brought out the Safety Car at the Mexican Grand Prix.
The German endured a tough race, saying he’d done a “shit job” over team radio, which began with a puncture following contact with Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, dropping him from third to last.
He later span at the Esses and then crashed at the same corner later in the race.
He admitted it wasn’t a problem with the car that caused toe crash, but his own mistake.
“I saw the replay of my crash, because I wanted to understand it, but there was nothing wrong with the car,” he explained. “I went in with more or less the same speed as usual but lost the car suddenly.
“It was similar to the first time I lost control [and span]. We know it has been tricky all weekend but I cannot blame the conditions or the circuit.
“In the end it was my mistake, probably just asking a bit too much and once you lose the grip, depending on where it happens, it can be very costly.”
Had his race gone a little smoother, he reckons he could have kept pace with Mercedes, but beating them would have required another couple of tenths per lap.
“I think our pace was closer to Mercedes thanks to the conditions of the track. It could have been a very good race, but, in the end, it wasn’t.
“I don’t know if there was anyone that could have put them under pressure, we maybe needed another couple of tenths. When I was with them, one lap down, we had a similar pace and it looked like they were pushing.”
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