Happy Vettel laments pitstop problem

The Toro Rosso driver had to take the start from the pitlane after a heavy crash yesterday forced his team to work hard to have the car repaired in time for the race.

But a one-stop strategy allowed the German to climb up the field to finish in eighth position for his second consecutive point-scoring result.

Vettel, however, said the time lost during his pitstop - due to a problem with the refueling rig - probably cost him two places.

"First of all I have to thank the mechanics who did a great job to rebuild the car after my mistake on Saturday morning," said Vettel. "They did an unbelievable job, working through the night to get the work done.

"It's thank to them I raced today Starting from pitlane wasn't easy but straight away I was able to catch the field, with a very good pace in the race and the car felt quite good.

"I was able to make up a couple of places and then after the safety car came out, which for sure helped us, we ran a one-stop strategy. I do not know exactly what happened during the pitstop, I would say a problem with the refueling rig, but it cost us a lot of time maybe two positions in the ranking but nevertheless it was a great day and finishing P8 was fantastic.

"The race conditions were really bad with the asphalt still falling apart you couldn't afford to go off line or you would lose at least a second. The last 10 laps didn't make my life easy and I was in one of the most difficult position as the cars I had behind were quite strong.

"I wanted the point and I resisted various attacks. I was held up by Barrichello and I think he had a problem. It was a great race, I had a great fun - a fantastic race for me and the team"

Teammate Sebastien Bourdais completed a dismal weekend in Montreal, finishing in 13th place after admitting he was just trying to bring the car home due to the poor track conditions.

"It's just been a bad weekend all round," he said. "The race went much as I expected it, because of the really bad track conditions from the mid point on or even earlier. In these conditions, some guys did really well, like Sebastian, but I could not do anything with the car.

"I went slightly off the line and got the gravel. If this happens once or twice you are concerned it can happen again which is not good, especially when you're running last.

"It was a complete disaster for me so I just forgot about the possibility of trying to drive fast, just trying to bring the car home...and even doing this was a challenge. This was the worst race ever for me, the worst weekend of my entire career.

"I have never experienced anything like it. I'm looking forward now to the next race, my home race and at a circuit where the track doesn't break up!"