Sebastian Vettel believes that he would have secured pole position had he not made mistakes in the final part of qualifying for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The German – who secured his fourth straight world title with a win in India – had to settle for second place behind his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber.
He told reporters: "We seemed to be able to find a little bit of extra time in Q3 and Mark did a very good lap so congratulations to him.
"I should have done a little bit better and I had a chance to be on pole today with no mistakes. It was a great result for the team and we should have a strong race tomorrow."
The Red Bulls start ahead of the Mercedes duo of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton for Sunday's day/night race.
