Sebastian Vettel: "I don't know what happened"

Sebastian Vettel says he is not sure what was going on during the first part of Sunday's Russian Grand Prix as he was ordered to let teammate Charles Leclerc through following an agreement surrounding the start of the race.

According to Leclerc, the Monegasque was supposed to give Vettel a tow down to the first braking zone at turn two, but the tow was so powerful, the German ended up getting into the lead, causing the team orders debacle that dominated the first part of the race.

Vettel told Sky Sports after the race: "I don't know exactly what happened - I think we had an agreement, I spoke with Charles especially before the race, it was quite clear, maybe I missed something? I'm sure will talk about it.

"It's bitter today because we wanted to have one-two, I don't know if Charles was third still but it's not the result we wanted. I don't want to share. I don't want to put the team in a bad light afterwards, I was in third and Charles in first and we were talking about a strategy to get past Lewis, I had a good start.

"We did race. I think that's what we did until the pitstop, because obviously I lost the lead during the stop and then the car broke down."