BARCLEONA, Spain -- After a second pit stop dropped him from second place to fourth at the Spanish Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel explained he would not have made the finish had he mimicked his rivals and attempted a one-stop strategy.
Vettel got up to second place at the start of the race but lost two positions when he made a second stop under a Virtual Safety Car period with 25 laps remaining. The switch to a new set of medium tyres did not offer a performance advantage over his rivals and he failed to repass Max Verstappen, despite the Red Bull driver struggling with a broken front wing endplate.