Vettel was expecting more from qualifying in Austria

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17:12, 04 Jul 2020

Sebastian Vettel will have to play catch up at tomorrow's Austrian Grand Prix after he qualified 11th.The Ferrari driver wasn't expecting his early elimination in qualifying, but he's looking for revenge on Sunday.

"Of course it's a surprise," Vettel explained following qualifying in Austria.

"We thought more would be possible. It seems that the others probably used a little more fuel and were a little more conservative in free practice than we had estimated."

The SF1000 wasn't quite to Vettel's liking either. The set-up wasn't quite ideal according to the four-time world champion. "I wasn't quite happy with the car. I had more oversteer in the corners than I would have liked."

Vettel will start tomorrow from the sixth row of the grid in eleventh place. Because he is outside the top ten he can choose which tyres he wants to start on and so it is very well possible that he will start on the mediums.

"We'll see, but tomorrow will be different anyway. The track temperature increased quite a bit, that wasn't to our advantage. Tomorrow will be a long race. We'll be there to make up the ground and score good points."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	131
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	72
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	48
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	20
9	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	16
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	14
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
14	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	5
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	1
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0

Vettel was expecting more from qualifying in Austria

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