MONTREAL, Canada -- Sebastian Vettel says he got the most from his Ferrari during qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix but still did not have enough to challenge Mercedes.
Ferrari has looked more competitive this weekend but ultimately Vettel was 0.178s shy of Lewis Hamilton's pole position lap. Ahead of the session, Vettel thought he was in the running for pole, but said his car did not quite have the pace when it came to Q3.
"Well, going into qualifying I thought it was possible," he said. "I think as a driver you always feel there is a little bit more and I think on the last lap I was very happy with the lap in general. I was maybe a bit greedy out of Turn 10 and maybe not greedy enough into Turn 6, but there wasn't an awful lot to grab otherwise and as I say, very happy.
"I wanted to get below the 1:13s mark because I knew it would then be very close with the Mercedes. I did that, but just by one hundredth."
Vettel said it had been a good weekend for Ferrari so far after the team introduced a new turbo on its power unit.
"Overall I think we have a great car and did our best. I am happy with how the weekend has turned out [so far] and we did a step also overnight. I felt very comfortable and enjoyed qualifying a lot. I brushed the Wall of Champions -- done that, don't have to do that tomorrow. So we should be all set..."