Vettel: “Many things are working against me”

One of them, standing under the decorated and illuminated palm trees in the paddock of the Bahrain International Circuit, was just happy to finally be there, his eyes shining despite his car being lame. The other had to explain again and again why, even after the last two years of frustration at Ferrari, things started the way they did with the reds in a constant loop - just in green.

“I don’t feel at home in the car yet.” Sebastian Vettel “I don’t feel at home in the car yet. A lot of things are working against me and I can't really concentrate on driving," said Vettel - a case for Q? Vettel's career restart in the car with the nickname of the legendary Bond girl Honey Ryder became what it should not and should not be: a failure. Penalties, a rear-end collision, risk tactics without success. Vettel (front) finished 15th in Bahrain. Teammate Lance Stroll was 10th. © APA/afp / GIUSEPPE CACACE

It is questionable whether an inventor like those in the James Bond films can help. Above all, Vettel himself has to get out of the cycle of errors. “It's my job to drive the car and race well, which I didn't do today,” Vettel said on Sunday evening. He only partially wanted to take the blame for the rear-end collision with Esteban Ocon, for which he received a ten-second penalty. “It wasn’t the weekend we wanted,” admitted Vettel. Or what La Gazzetta dello Sport from Vettel's former driving home, Sichelt: "Vettel - a nightmare beginning." Binotto spies against Vettel His former team boss Mattia Binotto, with whom Vettel was known not to have the best relationship, stepped up against Vettel again after the opening weekend: “We can finally rely on both drivers,” said the Ferrari team boss. This can be seen as a clear tip towards the German. As is well known, nothing worked for Vettel in the last Ferrari year. The Scuderia got off to a decent start in Bahrain with places 6 (Charles Leclerc) and 8 (Carlos Sainz). But nothing more.

The fact that only the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola is scheduled for the entire month of April, despite a record calendar of 23 races, gives Vettel and Aston Martin time to improve the car. But just one attempt in four weeks to catapult yourself out of the starting slump is not much, because the Bahrain race also showed one thing: the competition is really strong. Behind Mercedes with superstar and Sakhir winner Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull with narrowly beaten top challenger Max Verstappen, McLaren, but also Vettel's former team Ferrari and Alpha Tauri are fighting for the top ten places. A year of learning for Mick Schumacher Mick Schumacher was and is aware that these regions would be a long way off for him during his apprenticeship. His first race in the premier motorsport class also provided proof that his company car is actually not competitive. “The son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher couldn't have an easy time on the rather weak Haas,” said the British tabloid The Sun .

“He learned a lot,” said South Tyrolean Haas team boss Günther Steiner and was full of praise for the 22-year-old, who was one of the most sought-after players in the paddock’s interview garden. The spin after the safety car phase annoyed Mick Schumacher, but otherwise there was relief at having successfully crossed the finish line in his racing debut, after his father Michael only managed a few hundred meters in his debut race 30 years ago due to a clutch defect.

But it also became clear that Mick Schumacher has a lonely year ahead of him on tracks all over the world: the Haas is too far away from the rivals in front of him, there is nothing left behind Haas, and teammate Nikita Masepin proved to be one of them Debut not as a rival on equal terms. A scale is missing.

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Vettel: “Many things are working against me”

Mick Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel in the desert of Sakhir had absolutely no ear for the anthems in honor of the triumphant winner of the rousing opening race.

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