Vettel distrusts Ferrari: “Am I a complete idiot?”

“Some idiot might never figure it out, but maybe I'm a complete idiot? I dare to doubt that,” the 33-year-old recently grumbled into the TV microphone, thereby laying the fuse for a house row. Vettel's barely concealed accusation: Because his forced departure at the end of the season has long been certain, stable rival Charles Leclerc gets the better car. “It’s not just being beaten anymore, it’s a different class.” Sebastian Vettel on the difference to Charles Leclerc Before the 13th round of the season on Sunday in Imola (13.10:75 p.m.), at least the results support Vettel's thesis. With 18 points, the Monegasque Leclerc has collected more than four times as many points as the Hesse, who got a meager 23 points. Only in Hungary and Spain did Vettel finish ahead of the XNUMX-year-old; the German lost ten of the twelve duels in qualifying against his teammate. “It’s not just being beaten anymore, it’s a different class,” complained Vettel. Vettel feels disadvantaged The ongoing criticism of the past few months has noticeably affected the former series champion. The wound of the cold dismissal at Ferrari still hurts, even if his future in Formula 1 is secured by moving to Aston Martin in 2021. But Vettel is too ambitious to give up the final laps at Scuderia and endure the bankruptcies. And so it really bothers him that Leclerc seems to be getting along better and better with the lame SF1000 while he continues to stumble. “The other car is significantly faster” Sebastian Vettel It is “obvious: the other car is significantly faster,” Vettel recently stated on RTL in Portugal. While he struggled in vain, things looked “much easier” for Leclerc. During the training laps in Portimao, Vettel had already whispered on the pit radio: “That’s all there is in the car. At least in this car.” Ecclestone jumps to Vettel's side, Binotto doesn't Vettel's former backgammon playing partner Bernie Ecclestone encouraged the German in his theory before the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The former Formula 53 managing director concluded that “there must be other reasons” for the 1-time Grand Prix winner’s inferiority to youngster Leclerc Sport1 . “Ferrari has always been a somewhat transparent team where domestic politics always played a major role,” added the 90-year-old. “Seb and Charles’ cars are undoubtedly identical” Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto But team boss Mattia Binotto doesn't want to know anything about it. “Seb and Charles’ cars are undoubtedly identical,” insisted the 50-year-old. He hopes that Vettel can improve his qualification in Imola so that he can be more successful in the race again. “Charles is certainly very good. But you might expect a little more from the second driver,” said Binotto, directing the criticism directly back towards Vettel. It's unlikely to be a warm farewell in the remaining five races of the season. “Of course it hurts. My own expectations are much higher than those from outside,” said Vettel.

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Vettel distrusts Ferrari: “Am I a complete idiot?”

Sebastian Vettel is suspected. In his last Italian guest appearance with Ferrari, the frustrated four-time world champion was accompanied by the dark suspicion that he was being disadvantaged by his employer.

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