For Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel, this Saturday of qualifying closes better than expected. After the defeat in Spain where he dropped out in Q1, the German driver today had the opportunity to redeem himself and will start from ninth on the grid.

“The car is only a week old, there’s still lots to learn.” - remember that Aston Martin in Barcelona brought an upgrade of the car and several updates - “It’s good after last weekend early outing in Q1. I think it’s nice to be there until the end,” Vettel commented in post-qualifying interviews at the microphones of MotorLAT and other media outlets.

“Overall we are really happy obviously. We got into Q3 and have a really good lap in Q2. Also Q3 the first run was good so I think we’re happy.” 

In view of tomorrow's race Vettel thinks that the weather will be fundamental. Rain is in fact expected on circuit and it will greatly influence the race, leading the teams to choose different strategies. 

“It’s always tricky here so don’t know we’ll see, I think the weather decides it tomorrow.”

“Now you see the clouds are coming in. I don’t know if they’ll be gone by tomorrow or there will be more of them so if it’s a normal dry race then it’s good to be in the position we are in because we are starting in the points but then we’ll see. 

"I think with tires it will be difficult to manage so we’ll see what type of race we’ll have on our hands tomorrow and just gonna make sure we are sharp. Also if it rains then to make the right calls.”

In conclusion, since this weekend one of the most discussed topic is the proposal for an increase of the budget cup, Vettel has been asked for his opinion but the German driver does not seem to still have one about it: “I don’t know I’m sure there have been some talks but how much it has materialised. I don’t know who brought it up and what’s the intention.”