Vettel says Raikkonen was faster in Hungary

Despite taking the victory from pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, Sebastian Vettel believes that his Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was the faster man, but there was no indication that he would have let the Finn through while struggling with a steering problem.

"I didn't do a favour to Kimi who obviously could go faster, I didn't have the pace," Vettel said. His battle with his steering led him to keep away from all kerbing in order to avoid exacerbating the problem, and otherwise he had to focus on keeping the wheel and car straight from the early stages.

"Towards the end it did come back a bit," he added. "I had a couple of laps where I had a bit of a cushion and I could breathe a bit. But yeah, I really had to stay focused the whole race. It was a weird feeling because basically it was tilted to the left so you go down the straights and the steering isn't straight and then in right-handers it's sort of OK."

Raikkonen, meanwhile, completed a one-two finish for Ferrari with second place and his eighth podium of the season. He acknowledged that he could have achieved more at a tight and twisty circuit like the Hungaroring, but also that the track's nature made the race challenging for everyone.

"The other guy has to do quite a big mistake or have some issue," Raikkonen said. "It's not easy to overtake and especially with team-mates you take more care. But at least they (Ferrari) are still happy - that's the main thing. Seb was first yesterday and he got away first and obviously the aim was whichever way we finish we're going to finish one-two."

Mason Hawker