i love seb with all my heart and i started following f1 (as a ferrari fan) when he was still slaying in ferrari, just to say that i am not biased /against/ him. but ever since monza 2018 seb started underperforming pretty badly, as in spinning and crashing (all the ''sbinnala'' memes come from that) and it was not even about the car flopping bc the 2018 ferrari was a GREAT car, a championship contender car! even kimi won and set poles with that car (kimi was always a beast but his second ferrari stint was a lot less consistent than what his previous level was) so seb kinda.... lost that one on his own. and when charles came in 2019 the difference between the 2 drivers was even worse - charles setting poles and scoring podiums right away while seb was REALLY struggling...... if you see the points difference between the two of them in 2019/2020 you can get pretty clearly how bad seb was doing. so no, i am not sure at all (the opposite actually) that seb would have done better than carlos on the track. carlos did better than charles in 2021 (seb never did) and was never that far from him in 2022 as seb was in 2019/20. and no, ferrari HAD issues in dealing with them on the track with team orders and generally keeping the calm between them. just look at what happened in brazil 2019 lol. and in general all the vibes from the team then were pretty rancid tbh. seb and binotto didn't really like each other and didn't bother to hide it. charles was kinda in the middle of that but he also was kinda insane on track and hated coming behind seb and couldn't hide it at all (and f1twt was really 😬 seb really was the chirlies first victim). say what you want about carlos but ever since he came in the team they never had the kind of on-track problems that seb and charles had. or the general bad vibes and resentment in the team. so to make it short: seb dramatically underperformed and really couldn't fit in the team. i still love him completely. no one will ever love ferrari as he did.
i do admit I'm biased because I've only seen sebrarri slay years, i.e when he was the only championship contender to the mercs....... so this is very informative thank you!
rip seb, the first chirlie victim, you died so santander conspiracies could live
it's really such a shame considering how devoted to ferrari seb was... also can't help but compare how mattia treated him vs maurizio and ofc christian
Leglerg signed the contract with Mercedes. #No Power #NoOoOoOoOo #Sbinnala #Mission Winnow #Ferrari Master 🅱lan #Leglerg #5 second penalty #fail pit-stop #here we go again
I wanna talk about my man Sebastian Vettel. The one and only. The Seb. The Sinbad Vennel. The s🅱️innala. The legend. This man does not get enough freaking credit and I feel it is high time to give him a shoutout. I know I talk a lot about Charles on this blog, but today I wanna mix it up and talk about one of my first racing loves from back in 2010, when I first started watching F1.
Sebastian Vettel is fantastic. Truly, and wholeheartedly fantastic.
Seb is a four time world champion. Four times. Under Red Bull, no less, not often seen as one of the powerhouse teams (Even with Max, they’ve been unable to beat Mercedes for the championship.) Currently, he is tied for fourth place with Alain Prost as one of the top F1 racers of all time.
Seb has also been kicked around and mistreated by Ferrari for a couple years now. Whether it’s giving him a shitty car, forgetting to give him any strategy at all, or blatantly prioritizing Charles in every race, he never catches a break with this team. And through it all, what does Seb do?
He smiles, he makes plans for a better future, he treats Charles with so much kindness and respect it melts my heart, he cleans up his trash when he crashes because of the car they left him with, he puts up with all of Ferrari’s nonsense, and never says a bad word about anyone involved.
And in addition to all of that, Sebastian Vettel is just an absolute delight of a human being. He’s funny in an extremely clever way. He speaks his mind, while remaining polite and reasonable at all times. He treats every driver like a friend, especially those the media tries to depict as his enemies, like Lewis or Charles. He follows orders. He kneels with Lewis. He stands like a dad. He smiles like a golden retriever. Need I say more?
That’s all - just wanted to shout out some of my love for Vettel. Hang in there man, I’m always rooting for you.
The beginning of the FP3 session was quite quiet, with Pietro Fittipaldi dominating the charts for the first 15 minutes of the session, his prowess in the Haas scaring off any potential competitors! Unfortunately, the rookie’s reign didn’t last long as soon the session got under way, with the Ferraris looking pretty good for a while. That didn’t last either, as both of the Ferraris ended up outside of the top ten when the session finished. Max Verstappen snatched P1 in this final session, 0.206 seconds off from Valtteri in second and Pierre Gasly coming in third about 0.15 seconds off of Valtteri. Our boy Russell unfortunately didn’t have the best practice session, ending in P7, but managed to get quite a few laps and practice starts in to prepare for qualifying. Also, he was surrounded by his best buds on the track, with Lando and Alex in P5 and P6 respectively. Charles also had to complete the Ferrari Mandatory Number of Spins Per Weekend, getting his spin out of his system at the tail end of the session.
Now it’s time for the real deal... it’s time to qualify!