The world champion IN F1 2011 appeared set for victory when he made a clean start at the Yas Marina Circuit to comfortably lead Lewis Hamilton through turn one.
However, Vettel's Red Bull then suffered a right rear puncture and he was left a passenger when his car pitched into a spin.
After Hamilton had led the field past, the German trundled back to the pits but suspension damage brought his first retirement since last year's Korean Grand Prix.
"On the exit of the first corner, everything seemed fine and then turning into the second corner I could feel that something was odd on the rear right," Vettel explained. "I had to catch the car surprisingly and then the second time, I couldn't do it anymore, as I'd lost too much air in the rear right tyre.
"I had a puncture and spun off. When I got back to the pits, the resulting suspension damage meant we couldn't carry on.
"There wasn't anything we could have done better really this weekend; we just need to look at what had caused the puncture.
"I had a good start and I was very happy with the car up until that point. To lose the race there, so early on, it hurts for sure," added Vettel,
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