ABU DHABI -- Sebastian Vettel said he did not have the pace to attack Mercedes at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday after finishing a distant third at the season finale.
Vettel secured second in the championship this year after seeing his championship challenge fall apart at the Asian rounds in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. He won the penultimate race in Brazil, but in Abu Dhabi his Ferrari was no match for the Mercedes cars of race winner Valtteri Bottas and runner up Lewis Hamilton.
"First couple of laps I thought it was pretty good but then I had to let them go," he said.