Sebast🙈ian Vettel says he is unsure wh♋y he struggled for pace during qualifying for Formula 1’s British Grand Prix.

The Ferrari driver could only manage sixth on the grid at Silverstone, having been outqualified by teammate Charles Leclerc and the Re🌌d Bull pair of Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly.

Vettel ended up 0.694s down on polesitter Valtteri Bottas as Mercedes locked out ꦆthe front row.

“At leaꦇst I took part,” Vettel joked. “I just didn’t have t༒he speed.

“Usually it’s pretty clear that you go faster f🉐rom Q1 to Q3 without doing anything, but that dಞidn’t happen today.

“I think Q1 we were as fast as in Q3, so it was a bꦕit strange. I didn’t have a great feel for the car which didn’t help.”

Vettel trailed Leclerc throughout the weekend and ended up🏅 nearly half a second adrift of his Ferrari te🌄ammate in Q3.

Speaking about the deficit to Leclerc, Vettel said: “I think he෴ did ♑a good job but for me I don’t really have an answer now. I think it’s fairly evenly spread, he seems to gain a bit everywhere.

“I didn’t really have a great feeling this afternoon and part of it, around here, you need a bit of it to throwও the car from one side to the other.”

And the German is anticipating a close ♑fight in the race against the Red Bull duo.

“In the race it’s never a pr💃oblem, normally it’s fine,” he added. “The Mercs will be quick but I th🔥ink race-pace looks fine. It will be a tough battle between us and the Red Bulls.”