Summary Asked about his incident with Ricciardo, he added: "Turn one, start of the race?
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari had a day to forget in Sunday s Mexican Grand Prix as the team suffered their first double retirement since the 2006 Australian Grand Prix.
Kimi Raikkonen retired after a collision with Finnish compatriot Valtteri Bottas of Williams while Vettel had an incident-packed race before crashing out on lap 50, having survived a first lap collision with Autralian Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull.
"I had a bad start," said the former four-time world champion.
"These things happen -- it s racing. The race was pretty much lost. I tried to come back, but two mistakes did not help.
"The last mistake was my own fault, so I m not proud of it. We were very close to Mercedes in terms of pace, as close as we have been for a while. We were forcing it."
Asked about his incident with Ricciardo, he added: "Turn one, start of the race?
"He was closing the door, but he was not next to me, but it was too late and I had a bad feeling into turn two and three.
"This kind of stuff, you can t do it on purpose, so I m not blaming him, but obviously it is a pain when someone hits you in turn one."
