Hamilton: Ferrari will falter

It was a tough day for Hamilton in the cockpit and despite dropping to second in the championship standings the Mercedes driver is not panicking, "There is no reason to lose control, we just keep doing what we're doing, keep our heads down, keep motivated and keep pushing because they will falter."

"We have to keep applying the pressure. We didn't this weekend, but I'm really going to make sure I come back stronger in the next race."

Although Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas fared better, the Finn lacked the firepower to attack Vettel and was stretched to keep Red Bull's Max Verstappen during the final stages of the race.

Hamilton added, "Ferrari ultimately have had a slightly better package. All round they've been doing a slightly better job so we've got to do more."

"I'm just so happy that I finished as from the start I was down on power and my engine was saying that it was over temperature and I couldn't get them down."

"I thought it was going to fail. Every single lap I was kind of on the edge just waiting for the power to drop away and disappear.

"It kept dropping and coming back and dropping again. It kept going. It's the seventh race of the engine so it saw its life and I could have lost a lot more points," added the reigning F1 World Champion.