Vettel: Aston Martin were ‘just slow’ in Silverstone qualy

Sebastian Vettel was frustrated by the lack of pace on show by Aston Martin on Saturday, stating they were simply “just slow” in qualifying.

Vettel and Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll will start 18th and 20th on Sunday as the team recorded the worst combined qualifying performance on the grid on a wet afternoon at Silverstone – just a stone’s throw from the team’s factory.

With their double Q1 elimination, four-time World Champion Vettel admitted the team are starting on the back foot, despite fixing the tyre pressure issue that hampered them in the wet in Canada a fortnight ago.

“It’s the same thing for all of us. We’ve been pushing, we are pushing so hard and with a Saturday like this, Sunday gets really difficult,” Vettel told Sky F1 after qualifying.

OUT IN Q1

16. Alex Albon

17. Kevin Magnussen

18. Sebastian Vettel

19. Mick Schumacher

20. Lance Stroll

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“But it is what it is, we turn the page and try to see what we can do tomorrow. But for sure, just looking at today, it’s disappointing.

“I think we learned our lesson from Canada, and it wouldn’t happen again. So I think today we were, in all honesty, we’re just slow and we need to see why and understand it because there was something that we were missing.”

Stroll will line up last at lights out on Sunday as both Aston Martin drivers toiled in qualifying, and the Canadian was also slightly perplexed as to why he