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Adrian Sutil was unimpressed by Sebastian Vettel’s muscular overtaking move on the penultimate lap of the British Grand Prix – accusing his fellow German of barging him out of the way.

Force India’s Sutil kept the faster Red Bull of Vettel at bay for 11 laps before Vettel lunged inside his rival at The Loop and grabbed seventh place.

“It was good racing and I defended my position well against Vettel until the final lap, but then he just seemed to drive into me and I lost the racing line and had to move over,” said Sutil, who finished eighth.

“Otherwise I don't think he would have got past me.”

Notwithstanding his complaints about the pass, Sutil said he had enjoyed his dice with Vettel and before that with Michael Schumacher, who he overtook on lap 32 following the safety car period.

“It was fun and quite an interesting race,” he said.

“We started on the hard tyre as we wanted to try a long stint at the start but it was not really possible as the tyres didn't behave well at the beginning.

“I didn't have enough grip on the car so we came in to do an early stop and go on the soft tyre, so really the opposite strategy to everyone else.

“It worked well although the last 10 laps were tough.

“But we managed it and there were some really good fights with Schumacher and then Vettel.

“Eighth position was a good result in the end – it’s more points and it keeps that momentum going.”

Team-mate Tonio Liuzzi just missed out on points and was frustrated by the major handling imbalance that he grappled with in the early stages.

“I really enjoyed the second part of the race,” said the Italian.

“We need to understand what happened in the first part of the race as with the hard tyres we had unbelievable understeer.

“I couldn't cope with the high-speed corners and was really struggling to keep positions and a strong pace.

“We have to work it out as on the softer tyres we were performing very well and finished just a few hundredths from the points.

“Definitely without this issue we could have been in the points so we'll look at it and understand.

“We also still have an issue with the speed in the race but it was a great race overall and I always pushed 100% as you never know what can happen at the end.”ITV-F1