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In 2015, Sebastian Vettel came to Ferrari as the chosen one, who will once again lead the Italian team to the top. However, not everyone will be Michael Schumacher. There are those who will be Alain Prost and Fernando Alonso and although this is not a bad word, Vettel has expected much more from himself and from the last five years.
When Sebastian Vettel Hired with Ferrari in 2015, he was not only a four-time world champion, but one of the sport’s greatest hopes. Like all German pilots, he had the desire to Michael schumacher Like the Italians, it accumulates successes. It is not yet known what position, if any, he will reach in the 2020 season, but he did not wait any longer for the announcement: he will leave Ferrari after five years.
The announcement is not a surprise, the past year and a half has been included in this decision. While there was no slippage due to the coronavirus epidemic, we’d already be six smarter races in terms of power, but it’s not certain that Vettel was only bothered by the fact that he was never able to topple Mercedes once in five years.
It is much more about trust, or rather a lack of it.
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When he arrived, Vettel embarked on a mission-conscious Ferrari adventure, knowing he had needed it only once since 2010. Lewis Hamilton behind the World Cup marker. It was a matter of prestige for the Italians to always fight for the world title and Vettel seemed to be the final and most important piece of the puzzle, but the advance was lost. In its first year, it was preceded by both Mercedes competitors in 2016 Daniel Ricciardo Also, he was second for two years at the end of the year, but last year was a low point.
It probably would have been the biggest chance to win the World Cup in 2018, Ferrari did very well for a long time, but it was in Germany, in a rainy race, that Vettel found himself on the rubber wall. For many, this was the pilot’s first serious mental breakdown on the team.
Later, in Monza, after the start, the German returned to the end of the field due to a stumble, which made him a great disadvantage. The Ferrari driver thereafter took a big risk until the end of the season to see if he could still catch Hamilton, but failed.
Then last year, he got a new teammate, which turned out to be another turning point:
It was only the second time in his F1 career (for the first time in 2014) that he was hit internally.
The 22-year-old Monaco talent, Charles Leclerc He had a runway season, although it was only his second season, and that would be a message of war for any pilot over thirty years old. The peculiarity of the sport is that while one is fighting for the team, there is also a competition at home and it doesn’t really matter who ends up ahead.
Ferrari traditionally has number one and number two drivers, so when Vettel reached the age of 35 Kimi raikkonen next to him, he knew exactly that he would be the outstanding runner, while the Finn would be his assistant. Leclerc probably would have had the same fate, but the numbers spoke for themselves, Monaco’s were faster. Leclerc’s two victories are impressive in themselves, beating German 24 points throughout the season.
Although Vettel’s season didn’t start terribly, he performed six times better than Leclerc in the first seven races, his frustration was evident when he lost first place in Canada’s seventh race. In this race, he bit the grass a bit with his car, the judges considered that his return to the track was irregular, for which he received a penalty of five seconds. In vain, first, the victory fell into the lap of his biggest rival, Hamilton, and Vettel, angry, replaced the posters placed for the cars at the end of the race.
From here on, maybe he already felt like everyone was against him, as Leclerc took the lead, making Vettel just the number one pilot on paper. In particular, the Brazilian Grand Prix demonstrated that there is an internal tension: it allowed it after the first half of the season. Mattia Binotto team boss to compete against each other for the two drivers, which ended with the two cars colliding, so Leclerc and Vettel were eliminated from 4th and 5th place. In addition to the large dose of sacramentation, everyone treated him for weeks afterward:
When one feels that not only the opposing teams but theirs are turning against him, there is nothing left to do. Vettel’s contract expires in December 2020 and, although he allegedly received a new offer, they were unable to accept it. It could easily be that the dice thrown against Ferrari and Leclerc already had the role of number one driver. The German no longer wanted to help with this.
I don’t think Sebastian makes a case for not being the number one driver, but he clearly doesn’t want to be number two.
He told Sky Sports Martin Brundle, a former Formula 1 driver, hinting that the German might have felt it would be his job to help Leclerc from now on.
Since none of the parties details what they could not agree, the press has already included everything: salary, contract duration, car competitiveness, position within the team, just to name a few. And in the absence of races, all that was left was the negotiation, which seemed to tire of Vettel and the breakup.
To be successful in this sport, complete harmony is required. Together with the team, we realized that we no longer had a common desire to continue after the 2020 season.
Said the German pilot, the father of the ad.
Alain Prost 1990 Fernando Alonso In 2010 Sebastian Vettel received certification from Ferrari in 2015 as a former world champion to conquer Formula One, but none of them was successful.
Why now and how to proceed?
For now, no one can be sure that there will be a Formula 1 season in 2020, but Vettel was determined in time to leave Ferrari. For more than half a year, the four-time world champion has found a new team and made it clear to others that it’s available.
After the announcement, a big domino effect will start, you can start a come and go never seen before, since Ferrari needs someone next to Leclerc, and if they get a pilot from another team, that chair will also be vacant. Also, don’t forget that all teams played to wait in 2020 to explode at the time of the rule change scheduled for 2021 if you are looking for a new competitor. However, the rule change was postponed until 2022 and Vettel covered the preliminary plans.
The Italian press makes sure that Carlos Sainz, The 25-year-old McLaren driver will be on the side of Leclerc, who With Lando Norris He came out great with his team. McLaren may have a theme Fernando Alonso who recently indicated that he already regrets leaving F1, but even Daniel Ricciardo It can also come for someone whose calculations have not worked at Renault.
As for Vettel, the pilot, who celebrates his 33rd birthday in the summer, would be retired by several people, but he himself was rather vague about his future. The world champion in search of news could also talk about another team and retirement. Only he really knows if he feels the strength to continue.
Vettel started 101 races at the Ferrari, during which time he won pole position 12 times, won races 14 times and finished the podium 54 times. He survived several crises in the barn,
- Maurizio Arrivabene due to poor results,
- many bad decisions in front of the team,
- Sergio Marchionne His death in 2018.
No one can say that it disappointed Ferrari. At the same time, his greatest wish, for which he was hired by the Italians in 2015, could not be fulfilled: he did not win a world title.
Featured image: Fabian Sommer / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP
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