Sebastian Vettel has reflected on a “mixed” start as an Aston Martin driver, and feels F1’s technical changes this season have hurt his team more than others.

The four-time World Champion had generally lagged behind team-mate Lance Stroll in the early stages of the season, but he was not the only driver to struggle initially to get to grips with their car after changing teams – along with Fernando Alonso and Daniel Ricciardo having slow starts to the year.

Since then, he’s managed to take advantage of chaos in Baku and Hungary to gain two podium finishes – albeit with the latter resulting in his disqualification for failure to provide a sufficient fuel sample to the FIA after the race.