Sebastian Vettel: “I think I was a bit too greedy…”

Sebastian Vettel admitted he’s been pushing a little too hard after crashing in FP2 in Abu Dhabi tonight.

Vettel slid sideways into the barrier at the first corner, and while he was not able to get going, the mechanics were later able to retrieve the car and enable to him to get out again in the last five minutes.

It was the fourth time this year that the German has crashed on a Friday, after Turkey, Canada and Japan.

“I lost the car at the entrance,” said Vettel. “I was obviously a little bit too wide, a little bit too much on the kerb, and I lost the rear. I couldn’t catch the car any more. I was quite lucky to get out again at the end, there wasn’t any damage apart from the front wing, which was good information. So we’ll see what we can do now.”

Despite fellow World Champion Fernando Alonso having a similar crash at the same place, Vettel said there was no problem with a change of track surface or anything of that nature.

“No I think I was just a bit too greedy, I wanted a bit too much of the entrance, I was a bit too late and too much on the kerbs. If you just brush it a little bit it’s fine, you can see there are some black marks as well, but if you go a little bit beyond that, there’s dust on it, it’s not asphalt, so there’s less grip. I wanted a bit too much.”