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Leclerc was criticised by many for losing a massive championship lead when this is the sort of treatment he’s subjected to by Ferrari. Like Alonso and Vettel before him, he has no chance of succeeding when he’s fighting against his own team.
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Reminder Carlos Sainz convincingly beat Lando Norris across two seasons, is currently out scoring Charles Leclerc and has three podium finishes in his debut season with Ferrari, despite limited testing. Just thought I’d post that seeing as F1 seem to forget who he is frequently.
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Four years apart… Ferrari have learned absolutely nothing and people still point blame to the drivers for their shortcomings.
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The irony that Hamilton commented after qualifying that Red Bull have suspiciously got slower recently only for Verstappen to record the biggest race winning margin of the season
#F1
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Say goodbye to colourful looking grids until 2026…
The excessive weight of the cars was already bad enough for the racing product, now it’s completely destroyed the aesthetics side too. The new regulations can’t come soon enough.
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Don’t let Verstappen retiring early distract from the fact Leclerc had him covered all race long and has been in a different league to everybody else.
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Bottas performing at Alfa Romeo and Sainz underperforming at the front should be enough evidence for people to realise competing at the sharp end is a completely different matter in
#F1
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Ferrari prioritising Sainz over Leclerc this race is reminding me of when they prioritised giving a departing Raikkonen a tow in Monza qualifying over championship hopeful Vettel.
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Qualifying battle since the summer break:
Lewis Hamilton 2-2 George Russell
Russell is still in a Williams 👀
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Remember when Sebastian Vettel’s 2013 season alone was enough to win Red Bull both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ titles 🏆🏆
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Can’t blame Sebastian Vettel for retiring from F1 at the end of this year. He achieved everything you could possibly achieve in the sport and more by the age of 26. Anything else was a bonus and his current time is being wasted by a team that over promised and underdelivered.
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Zhou being the front runner for the Alfa Romeo seat demonstrates everything wrong with F1. How can someone who finished behind Mazepin in F2 (2020) and is now behind a rookie in his third season in the series be deemed good enough. It’s not on sporting merit at all.
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Charles Leclerc has revealed that he will have a tribute helmet dedicated to the late Jules Bianchi this weekend.
“It’s a very special place to be here. I’ll be having a helmet for him this weekend.”
#F1
#JapaneseGP
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Interesting. Leclerc’s
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Leclerc is the most intelligent racer on the grid by a mile. How he can keep this level of composure in such a tight fight with the reigning champion is beyond me. So, so impressive.
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Leclerc outclassed Verstappen in the first stint with tyre management. Only the Safety Car prevented him from securing that victory. That should be a reminder of the talent he possesses
#F1
#LasVegasGP
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If Max Verstappen does miss out on the title this year he definitely would not have lost out by his own means up to this point. Two incidents where he was completely faultless and a third where he can only take minor blame has cost him potentially 70 points already.
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We live in a world where Charles Leclerc will get criticised heavily for his poor pole conversion rate when most of the time it’s for reasons outside of his control, but the same people won’t credit him for his insane qualifying speed thats gets him so many poles.
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Sebastian Vettel hybrid era stats:
Wins: 14
Podiums: 60
Pole Positions: 12
Fastest Laps: 16
And yet F1 decided to completely neglect him in their video reviewing the era to this point. It’s a shame even the official account disrespect one of their greatest champions.
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Charles Leclerc will receive the Pirelli Pole Position award, introduced in 2014 to acknowledge the driver with the most poles each season, for a second time in Abu Dhabi, thus becoming the first driver in non-Mercedes machinery to be awarded the prize more than once.
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Even if Verstappen wins the title this year he won’t break Vettel’s record for the youngest ever world champion. For all the commotion about this current crop of young drivers, I don’t think it’s recognised enough how good of a talent Vettel himself was.
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It is ironic to me that Zhou can be 41 points behind his teammate in midfield machinery and it be deemed a good rookie season, but when a 18-year-old Stroll scored a podium and a front row in similar circumstances in his rookie season that supposedly wasn’t worthy of an F1 seat.
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Helmut Marko does a brilliant job at Red Bull and is only criticised for his cutthroat approach to drivers because people have forgotten that F1 is a competitive series and not a Netflix series for nice guys to always prevail.
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Porsche set to power Red Bull, Andretti looking to enter its own team, the talent pool of drivers is as deep as it’s ever been, a budget cap for more equal footing has been implemented and the new cars visually match the times. And some people claimed F1 wasn’t in a good place 🤐
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Ferrari shouldn’t celebrate this Sainz win. It’s instead the day they lost the championship. Verstappen rarely has off days, you have to capitalise when he does and Ferrari haven’t.
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If you seriously think current Max Verstappen touches Sebastian Vettel’s prime then I suggest you spend the off-season going back and watching how good the latter was at his peak. Max has the potential to reach that level, but right now don’t even entertain that comparison.
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Truly embarrassing if an ‘overtake’ where a driver took the normal racing line and profited from two others forcing each other wide is voted overtake of the year over moves that required actual precision when it comes to car control.
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Vettel got destroyed for making many mistakes as the lead driver in a car that dropped away in development. Sainz is making equally as many, without the pressure of being the team’s championship contender, in a car that is equal fastest right now.
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Mattia Binotto managed seven wins in four years as Team Principal at Ferrari and subjected them to two whole years in the midfield in that time, thereby wasting nearly half of Leclerc’s multi-year contract. Great technical director but not fit to lead a team, especially Ferrari.
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When Leclerc had a poor pole to win conversion rate in 2019 the driver was criticised, even though the cars performance dropped away Sunday.
Now when he has a 100% record from pole in 2022 it’s the car being dominant and not the driver. People will always find a way to hate.
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There are some that still doubt Sebastian Vettel and say he could only perform in a dominant car 🥴
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Points in three of the last fives races + three Q3 appearances too in a car that at best belongs in the lower midfield. Clutch qualifying laps, instinctive starts, strong race pace and a degree of consistency for the first time in years; Vettel is getting back to near his best.
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The only positive to Vettel’s last few years being spent in the midfield is him proving how good of a racer he is. Attacking or defending, his car control and positioning is usually spot on. Always hard and on the limit, but fair, and never overstepping the mark.
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I’ll never understand why Vettel’s 2019 was so criticised by the media. Only lost 9-8 to Leclerc in qualifying - who we’ve seen to be an insane one-lap specialist - and beat him in race H2H comfortably, 10-7. More misfortune out of his control led to a points defeat.
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Can it be appreciated how Vettel missed two GPs yet got into Q3 and finished P8 in Imola and went from the pit lane to what should have been another P8 in Miami, all in one of the worst cars on the grid. But his drives received little credit from the media.
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Surviving the end of the Abu Dhabi GP with a car behind on much fresher and softer compound of tyres to win the title? I guess only some can cope with that level of pressure and succeed.
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Aston Martin somehow finishing P6 in the constructors’ standings would be the funniest thing to come from this season.
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In 2021 Lewis Hamilton (15) and Sebastian Vettel (14) maintained their streak of scoring a podium in every full F1 season they have competed in.
They are the only two drivers on the current grid to have that record.
Legends.
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Max Verstappen is on course to break the record for most wins (13) and most points scored (413) in an
#F1
season.
Verstappen is currently on 10 wins and 310 points after 15 rounds with seven races still to run. Set to be one of the greatest campaigns ever produced.
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Reminder: just because a car has extreme design features doesn’t mean it’s genius work that will automatically mean the car is good. We’ve seen Newey do extreme design schemes before that have completely faltered - the man isn’t invincible.
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Don’t let all this big news distract you from the fact Sebastian Vettel is still Red Bull’s greatest ever driver.
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Leclerc deserves a lot of credit for that qualifying performance. After struggling immensely in mixed conditions earlier in the season, he’s gone away, worked on it and and improved to the point only the World Champion was quicker than him today
#F1
#BelgianGP
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Sebastian Vettel’s 2011 season:
🏎 19 races
🏆 11 wins
➖ 17 podiums
➖ 16 1st or 2nd places 🥇🥈
⏱ 15 pole positions (Record)
🏁 739 laps led / 65.23% (Record)
🔢 20.6 points per round (Record)
Youngest Ever Double World Champion. 24 years of age. Absurd.
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The funniest part about the meltdown over anything Sebastian Vettel says is that he isn’t on social media to see it. He states his opinion when asked and couldn’t care less what others think about it - precisely the way things should be.
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Haas put up with Magnussen and Grosjean bitching on the radio for years: *near complete silence*
Schumacher complains about not being allowed to pass his teammate when he’s much quicker:
Haas’ race engineer Ayao Komatsu has spoken about how Mick Schumacher’s actions during the Austrian GP were not “right”.
He said:“His focus in the sprint wasn’t the right one. We talked about that afterwards. We talked before the sprint race about how we would do it as a team.
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Red Bull signed him at only 12, Ferrari courted him for years when they had Alonso, Merc tried to sign him even when they had Hamilton and LH called him his greatest ever rival. This is how good Vettel was as a talent, in his peak and also how much respect he has from the top.
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That’s one of Leclerc’s best weekends for me. He pulled it out of the bag in qualifying to gain track position, managed his tyres effortlessly and then had the race intelligence to let Perez through late on. He’s really developing into a complete driver
#F1
#AbuDhabiGP
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Was untouchable in clear air, schooled Verstappen three times in wheel-to-wheel combat and gapped his teammate by 19s before the SC.
This is a very different Leclerc to the one last at the front of the field. Stand up and take notice.
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The only chance Ferrari has of beating a Verstappen-orientated Red Bull outfit in the future is building their immediate and long-term future around Leclerc. He has all the tools to win championships, but the way his ‘22 campaign was handled by the top management was abysmal.
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Even if you’re of the opinion Verstappen is the quickest driver in F1, so far this season you can’t ignore the minor margins he is missing out on through inexperience. That’s why seasoned champs like Hamilton and Vettel deserve way more respect than they get.
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Max Verstappen wins with a mistake while Charles Leclerc finishes sixth with faultless drive. The difference there being Red Bull and Ferrari.
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@Formula24hrs
I’m not Binotto’s biggest supporter but this is an example of selective quoting for interactions. His words you posted were in reference to the speed of the car and having the pace to compete for victory at all but one round. Wasn’t a reference to the operational side.
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Leclerc to Ferrari is what Verstappen is to Red Bull.
The disparity in performance between him and Sainz in Bahrain should be evidence of that.
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It’s not getting enough attention how well Vettel has performed since after his first race returning from Covid in Australia. He has been consistently getting near the maximum out of a relatively poor package. Hopefully the upgraded car unlocks more potential.
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It’s a testament to Leclerc’s pace that even when he’s struggling with the car - on a technical circuit at that - he’s only 0.07s behind Sainz, whose admitted he’s totally “at one” with the car. Compare that to the gap early last year when the roles were reversed
#F1
#SingaporeGP
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Vettel was literally 5-1 up on Leclerc after 6 qualifying sessions. Sainz is down 0-6. This shows the difference in level between them.
🚨| Carlos Sainz’s struggles with the F1-75 are similar to Sebastian Vettel’s issues with the SF90 in 2019.
Both the F1-75 and SF90 have a strong front end, but oversteer at the rear.
This suits Leclerc’s style, who likes oversteer, but Carlos and Seb both prefer understeer.
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While I agree that Leclerc makes little errors occasionally (he’s ironed a lot of them out past two years) he wouldn’t have to overdrive or take on so much pressure if Ferrari did their job correctly. The same was evident during 2018 with Vettel in the team.
David Coulthard on Charles Leclerc:
"He’s still maturing in front of the public eye under the biggest pressure in Formula 1.
"Once he’s ironed out those little errors, he will be the real deal.”
(Channel 4)
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2020: Lower midfield car
2021: Consequence of ‘20 meant it still had a midfield car
2022: Reliability and strategical errors costing many wins
2023: Slow car and the same reliability problems within the first race
Ferrari has managed to waste four years of Charles Leclerc.
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This shows how disconnected from reality people that blame Leclerc for Ferrari’s failures are. Vettel literally joined, tried to change things and Ferrari personnel told him he wasn’t at Red Bull anymore, focus on driving.
The same would happen if Max ever moved to Ferrari.
Drivers like Verstappen,Hamilton and Alonso would change things at the team. They also are very good at reading the race etc.
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If you gain over 3 seconds on an undercut lap you deserve the win.
Will never get the narrative that Leclerc was ‘robbed’ that day. Funny how nobody mentions what happened in Italy qualifying. Similar case with Malaysia 13 being ‘Webber robbed’ but Brazil 12 isn’t brought up.
#OnThisDay
in 2019 🗓
Sebastian Vettel stormed to victory on the streets of Singapore 🙌
Taking his and
@ScuderiaFerrari
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Precisely why drivers who have relished being at the front for most of their career - Hamilton/Vettel etc - should be lauded for it because others are showing it’s no mean feat. Takes a lot to continue to operate at a world class level for so many years.
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People want to question Mazepin’s promotion, but will now accept Zhou? The motorsport ladder is in complete shambles if someone who has the potential to win three junior titles in three years can’t get a sniff of a seat for next year. The system has utterly failed Piastri.
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Today was further proof - not that any was actually needed - that Vettel easily remains one of the best drivers in wet weather/changeable conditions. Miraculous effort to get that car into Q3 in only in his second weekend.
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A masterfully controlled race from Leclerc’s side, once again disproving the nonsense notion that he can’t manage tyres over a stint effectively. Responsible for all three of Ferrari’s podiums in 2023
#F1
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Leclerc being an elite qualifier has created such a false widespread narrative regarding his race qualities. Across three seasons, his average over Sainz is better in race trim. If anything, it’s Sainz who excels over one lap and can’t back it up in the races
#F1
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@F1
People going to use this to say Vettel can only perform from the front when he went from the back to second in Hockenheim 19, as well as holding the record for most overtakes in one race going from pit-lane to the podium around Abu Dhabi with the title on the line in 12.
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Also important to note, those are the sort of conditions Leclerc struggled in with the SF-23 earlier in the year. His insistence on not searching for excuses and finding solutions is an asset to be admired
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One thing I have noticed is that since the Ferrari developed into a worse car Leclerc has been outspoken about not being able to win, whereas Sainz hasn’t mentioned anything about it and instead focused purely on how the car has improved towards him. Shows where priorities lie.
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Ferrari never change. And people wonder why Alonso and Vettel failed to win with this team when they pull stunts like this in title fights. Leclerc will be the next to fall victim.
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Really disappointing from Sainz. Nowhere near Leclerc in Bahrain and 0.5s down in qualifying here is really poor. Considering he said he was comfortable with the car in pre-season and he’d overcome his struggles from last year, this should show Ferrari Leclerc is its number one.
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Bottas is the root cause of the Alonso-Vettel incident but fails to get penalised for it. Why do the FIA introduce these weekend specific rules if they don’t punish the drivers who break said rules. All we ask for is some consistency.
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I’m sorry but a five-place penalty for Bottas is a disgrace. He’s ruined several drivers races and left both Red Bull cars needing extensive work in the era of the cost cap. Plus that penalty will hardly damage his chances of getting on the podium. Joke of a decision.
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Hamilton got handed a lifeline with the red flag in Imola. Verstappen tonight.
‘What goes around, comes around’
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I don’t subscribe to the idea of being sorry for Carlos Sainz.
#F1
is a ruthless business. Ferrari provided him with the chance to win races and he’s had three seasons to ensure that his renewal should have been a formality.
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@F1Manager
@Charles_Leclerc
@Carlossainz55
90 adaptability for Sainz and 71 for Leclerc. Have you seen how both have adapted to the new regulations for this season?
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It’s painful when a driver that is still way too good to not be on the grid is retiring after a promising project has failed to really take off with time, sadly, not on his side. Considering the machinery and consistency, Vettel has easily been one of the standouts.
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Martin Brundle is spot on talking about Verstappen’s driving standards. Some of his moves recently are dubious to say the least and he doesn’t learn when the team keep defending him. Vettel warned everyone about his questionable behaviour since 2016.
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Third most race wins (53)
Third most podiums (121)
Fourth most poles (57)
Youngest ever world champion
Four time world champion by the age of 26 in only six full seasons
Regardless of his recent history and what’s to come, Sebastian Vettel’s F1 legacy will always remain.
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If Fernando Alonso over performed such an awful Ferrari car in 2012 up against a dominant Red Bull I would love to know why he didn’t challenge in the two years either side of that. Maybe it’s because the F2012 was a solid car and there was the benefit of no dominant team.
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Pierre Gasly has more wins for AlphaTauri than Alexander Albon has podiums for Red Bull 😂
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Mercedes Chief Communications Officer Bradley Lord on Leclerc:
“He did a brilliant job to hold onto those Mediums as long as he did.”
#F1
#JapaneseGP
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Even Mercedes probable lifetime brand ambassador Lewis Hamilton admits now his dream was always a move to Ferrari. And to think there were some people recently still questioning how big the allure of the red cars is…
Lewis Hamilton has admitted he will "never know exactly why" a "dream" move to Ferrari never materialised in his career.
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Red Bull World Champions and the venues in which they both secured their two drivers’ titles:
Sebastian Vettel:
First title: Abu Dhabi (‘10)
Second title: Japan (‘11)
Max Verstappen:
First title: Abu Dhabi (‘21)
Second title: Japan (‘22)
Both went back-to-back too 👑👑
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Fernando Alonso has won as many F1 world titles (2) as cheating scandals (2) he’s been embroiled in.
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• Pole for three different teams
• Wins for three different teams
• Podiums for four different teams
• 50+ podiums for two different teams
That’s a ridiculously high benchmark if that’s the precedent for supposedly only being good at one team.
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Ferrari failed Vettel, not the other way around. Do not let anyone ever rewrite history. He wanted to build the type of team spirit Schumacher had and the environment he had at RB. How was that ever possible when the man who hired him was no longer there when he arrived…
He wore red with so much pride. Till the last day, never took it for granted.
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It still doesn’t sit right that Norris completely taking out Leclerc in Brazil went relatively unnoticed at the time and still is now when some rankings have him down as basically having a flawless season. Other drivers would have been ridiculed for such things.
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Sebastian Vettel’s 2013 season:
Points: 397
Wins: 13
Wins in a row: 9 - F1 record
Podiums: 16
Pole positions: 9
Fastest laps: 7
His teammate also failed to win a single race and scored only 199 points.
Potentially the greatest individual season in history.
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Sebastian Vettel’s first season at Ferrari in 2015 is so heavily underrated. Joined a team that had gone winless the previous season and ended up taking 3 victories, ended up on the podium in 13 out of the 19 races and was Mercedes’ only real challenger throughout the season.
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When will Sky understand that Sebastian Vettel signed a MULTI-YEAR deal with Aston Martin. He is here to stay for 2022 at least. He literally joined the team instead of retiring because he still loves driving and he won’t want to go before experiencing the new regulations 🤦♂️
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Aston Martin absolutely needs Sebastian Vettel more than he needs them. The future direction of that team will depend a lot on whether they can convince him to stay on.
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Regardless of the outcome, Leclerc versus Verstappen battles always deliver. It would be an exceptional title fight if Ferrari could deliver a car that can consistently match the Red Bull in all conditions
#F1
#LasVegasGP
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Nico Rosberg total deficit to Lewis Hamilton over four years as teammates: 139
Valtteri Bottas deficit to Lewis Hamilton in 2020 alone: 124
That doesn’t even take into consideration the 2014 gap was inflated because of double points and 2020 was a shorter calendar 😬
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The reaction to that Ferrari pit stop video is the definition of narratives being formed and people refusing to deviate away from them. Ferrari were the second best team on pit stops last season - they deserve praise for the advances made in that area
#F1
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