"I know how Vettel feels" / Formula 1 SPEEDWEEK

Formula 1

of Mathias Brunner – 19.10.2018 08:00

Lewis Hamilton made fewer mistakes in 2018 than Sebastian Vettel. And Mercedes has developed more efficiently than Ferrari. These are the main reasons why Ferrari still has to wait for world titles.

The Tifosi really need a lot of patience: the last Ferrari world title dates back almost eleven years when Kimi Raikkonen dusted off in 2007 a title that McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton should have won. In 2008, Ferrari won the Constructors' Cup for the last time. After that, one bankruptcy after the other.

Fernando Alonso should be world champion in 2010 and 2012, but Ferrari gave the title. Ironically, Sebastian Vettel said thank you then to Vettel, who is sitting in the Ferrari today. Alonso tried for five years to drag Ferrari to the title, without success. Vettel is now in the fourth year of Ferrari, and in all likelihood, this is nothing with the title. For this, Lewis Hamilton goes to the immaculate, to develop Mercedes too pitilessly.

Ferrari licks wounds and looks for reasons. The latest improvements to Maranello have not worked out as planned. Sebastian Vettel said: "We were running out of speed, so I had to take more risks." This did not pay off. Ironically, his rival in World Cup, Lewis Hamilton, rushed to the side while Vettel was to connect after the Japanese GP for the Verstappen spanking collision. On Instagram, he strongly argued for "more respect for Vettel". Why did Hamilton do that? Lewis, Texas: "We, the drivers, have to stay together, and the respect among our pilots has never been so great.We are two quadruple champions fighting for the fifth title, which is very intense." In Formula 1, every mosquito becomes an elephant, which is normal for a sport of the highest caliber.But I know what it is like to be caught in the crossfire, and Sebastian always behaved respectfully toward So I wanted to do the same for him. "

Vettel said: "There is a media landscape and a team landscape that is not always congruent, of course we talk a lot about our sport, which partly explains the popularity of Formula 1. But it's important that we, the drivers, can interact, Lewis and I are completely different, but we appreciate the work of the other, which is the basis of our mutual respect. "

The Heppenheimer said before the first training in Texas: "I hope we will find the old return.It is important that we finish the season with good results, that we resume the turn and that we stand where we belong – at the top, we have proven that we can do it, I can not change what has happened, we can only change what lies ahead. "