Scuderia Ferrari held an event to say goodbye to Sebastian Vettel, who will retire from F1 at the end of this season before qualifying for the F1 Abu Dhabi GP.
Sebastian Vettel moved to Ferrari in 2015 following winning four consecutive titles. He was expected to reclaim the title at Maranello, but failed to do so in five seasons and was released before the 2020 season.
Still, with 13 wins for Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel is Ferrari’s third most successful driver behind Michael Schumacher and Niki Lauda.
Before qualifying for the F1 Abu Dhabi GP, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, Antonio Giovinazzi, and team representative Mattia Binotto, mechanics, engineers and team members gathered, Ferrari’s 2018 F1 machine “SF71H” presented an engine cover. Sebastian Vettel won five races with this machine, but it was also a machine that fell into a slump following retiring following a solo crash at Hockenheim.
In an interview before the weekend of the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel was asked what Ferrari needed to improve.
“I have some ideas regarding what’s different in that team, but I’ll keep it to myself,” said Vettel.
“What you see from the outside is just an interpretation of what’s really going on. We don’t have the whole story.”
Sebastian Vettel therefore says Mattia Binotto’s criticism of the team is unfair.
“There’s a whole country behind the team and we pay a lot of attention to that, which you don’t see anywhere else. Perhaps the attention creates too much pressure.”
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