Sebastian Vettel felt it was a positive surprise to be as close to pole position for the United States Grand Prix as he was, with just 0.061 separating him from polesitter Lewis Hamilton. The Scuderia Ferrari driver had not expected to be as competitive at the Circuit of the Americas as he was after a couple of race weekends where they have been under par in relation to the Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport team. Vettel will drop three places on the grid thanks to the penalty he acquired in free practice on Friday at the track for driving too quickly under red flag conditions, and although he is not predicting him to come through to take a victory that will help him close the points deficit...
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