Vettel laments qualifying mistake

Red Bull Racing successfully saw both of its cars into the top ten after what has been a weekend of worries so far at Spa. With Sebastian Vettel having only two engines outstanding for the final six races and Mark Webber on a new unit for qualifying, it was the German who regretted a driving error.

With only a couple of new Renault powerplants at his disposal for the remainder of the season, Red Bull is developing methods of conservation for Vettel as previously used engines are used in practice sessions. However, with the team's two cars starting the Belgian Grand Prix from eighth and ninth on the grid, Vettel was the man disappointed to miss out due to a mistake of his own.

"It was quite an interesting session and not the best for us, obviously," Sebastian said after qualifying. "Eighth and ninth will be tough tomorrow on the grid; unfortunately, I made a mistake on my last flying lap in Q3 - I lost the rear going into Turn 14, which leads onto the back straight, and lost all the speed so there was no point in completing the lap. The results were quite a surprise today; I don't think anyone expected Fisi (Fisichella) to be on pole."

"That was a strange session - we expected to be more competitive than that Fisi on pole!" Webber reiterated. "A great day for them, but we were surprised by that. A lot of the guys were too quick for us; it shows you just never know in this game, it should be an interesting race tomorrow. We had to change the engine before qualifying but that wouldn't affect our result and we were pretty confident going into the session."

Source: GP Update