Falling to fifth a year later, Alonso says it was “clear” to Ferrari that Vettel wasn’t the man for the job. Ferrari is in need of figures to blame right now, and Vettel was becoming an increasingly easy target. Those on-track errors have only multiplied since then, and his current form against Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc does not read well. But even so, the timing could not have been sweeter for Vettel. After an awkward radio exchange between Vettel and his engineer after he was knocked out … If the car suits him, and it's quite obvious that this year's Ferrari does not, there's a chance we might see another glimpse of the four-time world champion we knew from the early 2010s. Vettel signed for Ferrari hoping to emulate his hero Michael Schumacher's success but is yet to win a title for the Italian team -- finishing second in the driver's championship in 2017 and 2018. Sebastian Vettel has criticized Ferrari’s strategy, saying “it didn’t make any sense,” in venting his frustration at the team during the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. F1 Grand Prix of China. By the time the F1 paddock reconvened after lockdown, it emerged that Ferrari had been in talks with Carlos Sainz since the winter and that Vettel had never been offered a contract extension. F1 commentary legend Murray Walker dies aged 97, Layout for Saudi Arabia street circuit revealed, Red Bull a 'different animal' in 2021, says Hamilton, Your comprehensive guide to Formula One preseason testing, The women who power F1: Engineers, mechanics and directors on their role in changing a man's world, Hackers, Brady and Bond: Ranking the best and worst of F1's virtual launches, Ferrari launches new car with two-tone livery. Niedawno pojawiły się zakulisowe informacje, według których Vettel dostał propozycję rocznej umowy ze znaczną obniżką pensji. F1.com editor Lawrence Barretto joins the show to talk Lewis Hamilton's legacy after the Mercedes driver claimed a record-equalling seventh championship. Nikita Mazepin's Formula 1 debut was very bad, and very brief. “We didn’t win, of course, but we came close to the World Championship twice fighting until the last race, I say this because nobody remembers second places. It's possible that the more difficult negotiations to break Sergio Perez's existing contract with the Racing Point team, which was supposed to run until 2022, just so happened to be finalised ahead of this weekend's race at Mugello. This can't be simply shrugged off . The other option was to replace Lance Stroll. ‘Clear Vettel wasn’t going to be Ferrari’s saviour’, even before the first race of the 2020 championship, new team-mate this season in Carlos Sainz. Listen to the latest episode. In Verstappen vs Hamilton, F1 finally has the fight it's been waiting for. It's still a relatively small outfit, but that comes with the bonus of less internal politics and a greater focus on racing. But if you strip away the titles and race victories and focus purely on current form, Vettel is not a superior candidate over Perez. Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The other brands include Mercedes (SLS, SL65 AMG black series) and a solitary BMW Z8. One thing is certain: Sebastian Vettel had some serious fun behind the wheel of the FXX K at Fiorano. Marty & McGee drive an Aston Martin through LA ... what could go wrong? “But, after five years, it became clear that Seb couldn’t be the saviour, that Leclerc has more potential.”. In normal circumstances, Vettel, as one of two Ferrari drivers on the grid, would have been asked ad nauseam what Ferrari means to him. “In 2017 and ’18 it happened with Vettel. So which version of Vettel will Aston Martin get? To put it in real-world terms, it's a bit like announcing your engagement at your ex's birthday party. “The truth is that in the last seven years only one team has won.”. Let's overreact to the Bahrain GP: Did Aston waste its money on Vettel? It's true that Perez has zero race wins to Vettel's 53, but his ability to extract the most from the cars at his disposal, especially in recent years among midfield teams, is more proven. Strip away the history of the two teams and there's no doubt which one would be the more desirable place to work next year. Mazepin just the latest on F1’s list of disastrous debuts . Four-times Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel will leave Ferrari at the end of the 2020 season, with the German facing an uncertain future in racing. who announced his return to F1 in early July. He said he would "reflect on what really matters when it comes to my future." In order to get the best possible results in this sport, it's vital for all parties to work in perfect harmony. Ferrari shocked many, including Vettel, when it announced last year that the German would not be re-signed for a seventh season. When you accept that Mercedes and Red Bull never seriously considered Vettel for 2021, Aston Martin is the best team he could have hoped to drive for. The man he is replacing, Perez, has consistently been one of the most undervalued drivers on the grid. The news came before a wheel had been turned in anger in the 2020 season and just a few months after team principal Mattia Binotto had named Vettel as his first pick for 2021 at Ferrari's car launch. Sign up to the official Formula 1 store and save 10% on your first order! He's unlikely to say it when it comes to talking to the press, but in the midst of a difficult final season with Ferrari, it seems Vettel is going to have the last laugh. Instead, he has flipped the narrative so that it will focus on his future rather than Ferrari's past. When Sebastian Vettel moved from Red Bull to Ferrari in 2015, his hope was to add to his four Formula 1 championships. Why has Hamilton only signed a one-year extension? F1's track limits confusion explained after Bahrain GP, How Hamilton beat Verstappen with a slower car at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel said the team never offered him a new deal, nor was their split at the end of the year mutual. Follow us on Twitter @Planet_F1 and like our Facebook page. The 39-year-old says racing Ferrari is “different” to any other team. It's a question only he can answer, but as long as the determination to race is still there, this is the right choice. Thursday's Tuscan Grand Prix media day at Mugello, a circuit owned by Ferrari, was supposed to be about the Italian team's legacy in the sport. The counter-argument, laying family ties to one side, is that Stroll has improved on his main weaknesses -- qualifying and consistency in races -- this season and, at 21 years old, still has plenty of scope for improvement. It also gets Vettel out of a team that is on a downward trajectory and into a team that is on the up. Ferrari never went as far as offering Sebastian Vettel a new contract for 2021, having made its decision about his future during the off-season, The Race has learned. Sebastian Vettel's final Ferrari years were defined by errors, and the Aston Martin stint has started with one, too. There is little doubt that, of the drivers available to Aston Martin, Vettel was by far the biggest name. Informację potwierdziło Ferrari i sam kierowca. There is the sports management, the company, the politics, a lot of people involved in the decisions. Sebastian Vettel w rozmowie z motorsport.com zdradził powód rozstania się z Ferrari po tym sezonie. It's the perfect environment in which to have the last laugh. 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Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari walks in the Paddock. Apr 5 2021 196 Comments . Hamilton signs single-year contract extension with Mercedes, Airspeeder launches world's first electric flying race car, Grosjean: F1 a closed book but never say never, Grosjean to make return from injury in IndyCar, How Perez rode a lifelong sponsorship to the peak of F1. Perez: RB signing 'a dog finding new family', Alpine reveals interim livery as part of rebrand, Team boss Abiteboul leaves Renault ahead of Alpine rebrand, Why Perez was the right choice for Red Bull, Hamilton: Perez makes Red Bull a bigger threat in 2021. He continued: “It moves in a different dimension from any other team. Arguably, Vettel had a car capable of winning the 2018 title but let the season slip through his grasp thanks to a series of mistakes. It's clear why Aston Martin wants Vettel. Home News ‘Clear Vettel wasn’t going to be Ferrari’s saviour’. A four-time world champion, who remains one of motorsport's biggest names, is an ideal candidate to build the team around when it rebrands as Aston Martin next year. Informację o odejściu 32-latka jako pierwszy podał niemiecki Motorsport-Total. Speaking to Italy’s RaiSport, the Alpine driver said: “A World Champion at home would have increased the pressure. He has folders of those notes at his home in Switzerland for reference, but they represent just a small slice of the 14 years of F1 experience Aston Martin is buying by signing Vettel. What's more, as strange as it might have seemed this time last year, in leaving Ferrari and going to Racing Point, Vettel is actually trading up. Alonso's comeback race ended by sandwich wrap, Ricciardo to drive Earnhardt's 1984 car after first McLaren podium, Formula One is off and running, and Lewis Hamilton picks up where he left off. Despite his questionable form over the past few years, it was hard not to feel sorry for Vettel when Ferrari announced it was dumping him for 2021. Ferrari confirmed Vettel's departure in a statement issued on Tuesday morning. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) The eight cars being sold include five Ferraris (Enzo, La Ferrari, F50, 458 Special and, the F12 TDF). The press release announcing Vettel's arrival opened with the subhead "A statement of intent" and used four paragraphs to list the German's achievements in the sport. Alonso spent five years with the Scuderia with runner up also his best result. Red Bull vs Mercedes: Who looks stronger after round one? Według La Gazzetta dello Sport Niemiec odrzucił taką ofertę. Hamilton: I don't know where that time came from! Vettel arrived at Ferrari in 2015 with both the team and the driver dreaming of World titles. Uważa się również, iż to sam Vettel chcąc wreszcie ukrócić wszelkie spekulacje i plotki, wymusił na Ferrari wydanie komunikatu. It's unlikely it was ever seriously considered as Stroll is the son of the team's lead shareholder, Lawrence, but of the three drivers he is arguably the weakest. Vettel is the only hopeful to have tried, and failed, to win the Drivers’ Championship with Ferrari. Once a short period of sympathy had passed, the next big question was where Vettel would end up in 2021. https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/29850340/aston-martin-dea Vettel is a notoriously hard worker, who makes handwritten notes about the car's behavior after every session. Yours for around £725,000, ironically Vettel helped to launch this model in 2015. What Vettel said: 'My relationship with Scuderia Ferrari will finish at the end of 2020. Vettel’s departure from Ferrari came with the Italian outfit aware that it would take several years for the team to get back to the front of the grid. Vettel, who has won 14 races with Ferrari, said financial considerations did not play any role in his decision. “Other teams remain in F1 for 10 or 15 years and then they go. https://www.planetf1.com/news/fernando-alonso-sebastian-vettel-ferrari-saviour The big question is over his current form. The decision was made even before the first race of the 2020 championship, his sixth and last year in red. Sebastian Vettel nie przedłuży umowy z Ferrari i po sezonie 2020 rozstanie się z włoską stajnią - podaje oficjalnie agencja AFP. Sebastian Vettel is well known for his sharp sense of humour, so the timing of his Aston Martin announcement on the eve of Ferrari's 1000th race won't be lost on him. Aston Martin's Sebastian Vettel says he is 'at peace' with himself over his final Ferrari season, but doesn't believe he'll be under any less pressure at his new Formula 1 team. Spinning on track, binned off track - What's gone wrong for Vettel? 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Vettel also told F1.com that there was a “high chance” of him returning to Ferrari in 2021 but he made sure to remind his employer his previous deals were three-year deals. McLaren quickly committed to Daniel Ricciardo, and Renault had its sights set on Fernando Alonso, who announced his return to F1 in early July. The timing of Vettel’s announcement appears arranged to overshadow Ferrari celebrating their 1,000th F1 race at Mugello. Fernando Alonso reckons Ferrari realised after five seasons with Sebastian Vettel that he “could not be the saviour” and instead turned the focus onto Charles Leclerc. Sebastian Vettel said Ferrari's strategy decisions "did not make any sense" at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, where he endured another miserable afternoon of racing. Ferrari can’t afford it. Has Red Bull replaced Mercedes as the team to beat in Formula One? Had he left F1, there would have been no coming back and the silverware from his four world titles would have been irrecoverably tarnished by his final few years with Ferrari. But the team is getting more than that. It didn't take long to join the dots and place Vettel at Racing Point, and a contract offer was being talked about as early as the second round of the season at Austria. Vettel maybe isn’t suited to ferrari and would do better at red bull, but I think the main reason he won is he had a rocketship. The F50 is one of Ferrari's iconic models Credit: tomhartleyjnr.com 2016 Ferrari F12tdf - £725k. This year's Ferrari needs to be coerced to get into the top 10 in qualifying, whereas the Racing Point, with its rich Mercedes DNA, is a regular Q3 contender. Has Sainz made the right move joining Ferrari? A move to a new team might reinvigorate the 33-year-old, who clearly still believes he has more to give. But at Racing Point, every top-10 finish still feels like a positive, even though the car is good enough to regularly nip at the podium places. Handed a long-term deal by Ferrari, the Monégasque driver has a new team-mate this season in Carlos Sainz. With the same chassis being used next year by regulation, the smart money is on Vettel to beat his old team more often than not in 2021. Vettel had been clear that he still enjoys F1 and was eager to continue. Vettel had never been offered a contract extension. Verstappen just holds the edge over Hamilton at Bahrain GP, Hamilton won't quit Formula One when going gets tough, Hamilton will continue to take a knee in 2021, The biggest issue facing each Formula One team in 2021, Red Bull the team to beat for race one: Team-by-team ranking, F1 rookie Mick Schumacher on his dad, his surname and why he isn't fazed by any of it. Vettel’s departure from Ferrari came with the Italian outfit aware that it would take several years for the team to get back to the front of the grid. With Claire Williams gone, what next for women in Formula One? Dziennikarzom tego serwisu Vettel miał zdradzić swoją decyzję w poniedziałek wieczorem. While he twice finished runner up, 2017 and 2018, the ultimate prize was beyond his reach.

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