Sebastian Vettel responds to reaction after "honest" review of 2019 F1 season

Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has explained he was just being "honest" following his own rather negative review of his own personal 2019 season for Ferrari.

Vettel won just one race throughout 2019, with a great drive in Singapore, but individual errors and team issues overshadowed the season for the German driver, who finished in fifth-place.

His new team-mate Charles Leclerc beat Vettel by 24 points on his debut season for Ferrari and the latter admitted he should have done a better job in 2019.

Vettel sticks by his brutal assessment of his season, though, and when asked by Motorsport.com if he was being too tough on himself, the Ferrari driver said: "No, I think I've just been honest.

"I didn't feel like I've always done what I can do. I think I've been around for long enough and I'm honest enough to admit it, so I think here and there I should have done a better job.

"I know that there's more from my side so clearly I look at myself first, address all the points that I feel need to be addressed - but first address the points that need to be addressed in myself.

"So I think there's things that I can do better, that I know I can do better. That's the first thing I look at and obviously try to do better next year."