#i hope i did ferrari justice here but u know i have my clown makeup on 24/7 so

[redbullseb]

To this day it still bugs me, despite Seb giving them his blood, sweat, and tears in the four previous seasons, that Ferrari decided to toss him aside in 2019 the moment Charles had his first taste of success. Nothing against Charlie though, but everything against the notorious 2010s-Ferrari's management and politics. In hindsight, the fact Seb reported that he was still positive about a contract extension in early 2020 *cough* https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ferrari-say-vettel-first-choice-for-2021-as-they-distance-themselves-from.4i7qhjUOmZbHAu2KK697ml.html *cough* is painfully 'naive' of him and 'dirty' of Ferrari.

this has been in my inbox since oct 6 im so sorry i haven’t answered bc genuinely idk what to say? i don’t entirely agree with you, mostly bc the way i see it, ferrari needed to turn a new page to strive for something more stable so that they could go back to what they were born to do—win. when you’re in a high pressure, cutthroat environment where the stakes are sky high, collateral damage is like… natural.

obviously it’s unfortunate that seb was the one who got shafted—i’ll be the first to feel angsty over ferrari seb. and, you know, if things had panned out differently, i’m sure i’d be much more bitter. but as it stands? seb’s thriving in AM (despite. Circumstances this season) and generally doing what in essence was his ferrari dream, which was to follow michael/fix a team/have it built around him like family. sure, it’s not the red team, but he Did say he wanted to be the next vettel and not the next schumacher, no? there’s poetic cinema to be found.

also, ferrari has become much more stable and like, humbled? because they went through hell and came out of it intact with someone who is able in all aspects to take the team back to the top. seb couldn’t do that. he never even got the chance to—the team he was originally promised was gone before he got there. how could they have fully united behind him? so i’m not rlly with you wrt “dirty,” per se, about how it ended. to me (and ofc in hindsight), it was just the brutal conclusion of things, made worse by tactless and poor handling of the entire situation. unless that’s what you meant by “dirty”? (that’s not to discount seb’s achievements at all btw—we can’t ever forget that he’s third only to schumi and lauda. he’s a ferrari legend, always will be, but like fernando said the other week: the team just wasn’t ready.)

so i think charles is so so so important to ferrari’s future, and when they finally, inevitably give him the car he deserves, he’ll be winning championships. but seb will forever be loved up there with the greats, and in a few years’ time, the wound will heal, as all things do :)