Sebastian Vettel was relieved to secure second on the grid in Barcelona after a difficult day for the German – but he could easily have been on pole.
After problems in FP3, he had an ultra quick power unit change in time for the start of qualifying, but then had some issues when he first went out. That was resolved and, having made it to Q3, he was on a lap that would have taken pole from Lewis Hamilton before he lost time in the sequence of tight corners at the end of the lap.
“I think we could have had pole today, so not the ideal end,” said Vettel.