Jeepers, I know I've been saying that Mexico is another reason why this is being looked at again but I had really forgotten the level at which he lost it. I've never seen anything like that before in F1. I've also never seen someone deliberately ram another car during a safety car period...GPR-A wrote: ↑29 Jun 2017, 10:54There is this article worth pondering upon.
Link -> Inside Line: Is Vettel the right man for Ferrari?
Selected quotes from the article.Increasingly I find that the problem with Vettel is that if he does not have a race winning mount or if his rivals have a better car at their disposal, the German struggles to contain himself and a wicked frustration surfaces.
I am of the opinion that Mercedes have a substantial amount horses in reserve which they can dial into when the need arises. And in qualifying they were dialed up big time. Vettel and the Reds will have suspected that in Canada and in Baku it was obvious.
At this stage Ferrari appear capable of matching the pace of the silver cars in race conditions, but the gap has closed considerably and I would venture to say that if Mercedes’ upward mobility continues unhindered Ferrari will slip behind them very soon. And their ace driver knows this.
Until now Vettel’s toys have remained in the pram… now a race comes along where things do not go his way, which triggered the pent up fury which we witnessed in Baku. What transpired was a clear case of ‘road rage’ which would have him in deep trouble had he done it on a public road.
But at Baku Seb’s true colours emerged again, the car he is now peddling is no longer the best in the business. He is not the same guy he was at the start of the season, because he is starting to feel that Mercedes have the beating of the Ferrari, for sure in qualy but perhaps also in race mode too.
As charming as he can be, Vettel has a demon deep inside.
This is why you have to question if this is the kind of driver Ferrari need to succeed.
Mark Webber told Nigel Roebuck during an interview in 2009: “I can see why Seb’s popular. He’s normally polite, got a sense of humour, and smiles a lot, but if things go wrong… mate, when it comes to throwing toys out of the pram, I’ve never seen anyone like him.”
Back to the Mexico incident last year during an intense battle with Max Verstappen, Vettel went berserk over the radio to his engineer:
Vettel: Move, move. For f*ck sake. He’s a little f*cker… that’s what he is.
Vettel: I mean am I the only one or are you not seeing what I am seeing? He is just backing me up into Ricciardo? For f*ck sake.
Vettel: Here is a message for Charlie: F*ck off! F*ck off! Honestly. I mean honestly, I am going to hit someone. I think I have a puncture, rear left.
Ferrari: Tyres are fine, tyres are fine
Vettel: Here is a message for Charlie: F*ck off! He has to give me the position. End of the story.
Ferrari: Charlie says no.
Vettel: Well here’s a message for Charlie. F*ck off! Honestly, f*ck off.
At which point Arrivabene came on the radio and said firmly: “Sebastian calm down. They are under investigation. We know it is not fair, but calm down. Put your head down and we talk afterwards.”
And that is the key to the question of whether Vettel is the right guy for Ferrari. Arrivabene knows the best tonic for his team is a calm and collected driver in the cockpit and outside of it.
Clearly lessons were not learnt on that day by Vettel, the rage he showed that day last year surfaced again when he swerved into Hamilton in Baku.
At Schumi-era Ferrari there was no pent up anger and malice which he carried into the garage, Jean Todt and Ross Brawn would not indulge such behaviour, and never had to because that was not how Schumacher operated.
He was cool and collected which ensured that the team garage was devoid, almost oblivious, to his on-track indiscretions and the controversies they at times ignited. In other words it was a calm Red garage.
Schumacher and Vettel are perhaps similar on the surface, but deep down very different.
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. Also they/you keep ignoring a basic and crucial fact, SC had just switch its lights off, and 100% of racing drivers will slow down just after that, Vettel included. Lewis slowed down without even touching the brakes, so the only thing wich is banned for the race leader (driving erratically) has been proved to be false in this case.
I'm amazed that people bite so hard to click-bait stories... Just like Seb's win and alleged team orders in Monaco was over-blown by the media (completely unnecessary and unfounded), this is over-blown and will turn out to be unfounded as well...
