Sebastian Vettel will start the Brazilian GP from fourth place after losing out to both McLarens and team mate Mark Webber in Q3.
Vettel was fastest in Q2 but was on the back foot after making mistake on his first run in Q3, which saw him drop to 10th at one stage.
“On the first run I made a mistake in Turn 4, the second run I was pretty happy with it,” he said. “Q1 was quite busy, the circuit was getting quicker throughout, so the last couple of laps were the most important.
“I’ve come out of qualifying and I could have done a little bit better. I need to go back now and see the data and see where I wasn’t quick enough, obviously Mark was a bit quicker. I think all in all we are in good shape, we’ve been competitive all weekend. We’ll see what we can do tomorrow. We have to do our race. We’ve had 19 race so far this is just another one. We’ll try to do our best.”
Asked whether he would be out to win the race, he said: “Of course, we’re not here to finish fourth, we’re here to fight for victory. McLaren was very quick all weekend, we knew that they would be competitive again in qualifying. Like I said the lap in Q3 was maybe not 100% perfect, so I need to go back and check out where I lost out.”
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