Lewis Hamilton: Ferrari was just quicker at Monza

MONZA, Italy -- Lewis Hamilton has congratulated Kimi Raikkonen on his pole position at the Italian Grand Prix, saying he simply could not match the pace of the Ferrari driver at Monza.

Sebastian Vettel said he was clearly upset by being beaten to pole position by teammate Kimi Raikkonen at the Italian Grand Prix, but refused to specify the reasons why.

Raikkonen took a surprise pole position ahead of teammate Sebastian Vettel on Saturday, with Lewis Hamilton settling for third place in the Mercedes. He was only 0.175s off Raikkonen's fastest lap -- and 0.014s off Vettel -- but said his Mercedes simply did not have the performance to challenge.

"At the end of the day Kimi did the job," he…