Despite finishing an underwhelming fifth place at the French Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel says he relished the chance to push his Ferrari every lap as he aimed to catch the front-runners following his lowly qualifying result. After struggling in Q3, Vettel qualified down in seventh place which left him out of touch with the leading Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, plus Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Having darted past the pair of McLarens ahead of him during the opening stint, Vettel had already seen a significant time gap grow to the leading quartet at Circuit Paul Ricard which set up a charge to close down the leaders. Even though...
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