"He won't tread water in the midfield or race for the sake of it, just to be – what did he say – an F1 driver. And therefore we are together with him on that search for that missing batch of lap time that we are after.“I think as he expressed last week he was very uncomfortable with the car, and you know from experience as soon as one is losing the confidence in the car it’s very to have the lap time disappear.“Nonetheless he kept the right spirit, and with his group they looked at many different ways to set up the car. Formula 1 Formula 1 / Breaking news. Ferrari Formula 1 team sporting director Laurent Mekies says it’s the “duty” of the Maranello outfit to support Sebastian Vettel, as the former World Champion struggles to find speed in the SF1000. He surprised me in a way. "Then I stupidly mentioned that, because Crofty [David Croft] was supposed to throw to Ted [Kravitz] in the grandstand and he missed, as obviously we've got completely different systems to what we would normally have at a grand prix, and somehow Crofty thought he had to throw it to me.
Let's do an interview'. Its with that spirit that we’ll fight, maybe with that small additional risk-taking that one needs to take when you start at the back.”F1 drivers can't use pitlane 'shortcut' on last lap And it was my own stupidity because I suddenly was live on air and wasn't expecting to be. "I was walking back out, and I just heard something about Vettel. "I think he's quite down to earth lad, quite a practical lad. "Reflecting now on what he thinks Vettel will do, having conducted the lengthy interview with him, Brundle reckons the German will only stay in F1 if he thinks he has a chance of winning.
1h . I said 'Okay. Ferrari Formula 1 team sporting director Laurent Mekies says it’s the “duty” of the Maranello outfit to support Sebastian Vettel, as the former World Champion struggles to find speed in the SF1000. And that was it. Formula 1 Formula 1 / Breaking news. After starting 10th at the British GP, Vettel had another difficult qualifying for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, failing to progress into Q3. Actually he's asked me for an interview. I think he put his hands up like that [puts hands up]. There's nothing more exciting than that. Charles Leclerc did make it through, and he starts eighth, four slots behind the place he attained last weekend.Vettel told Italian TV that he was “up against a wall” and couldn’t extract any more from the car.Mekies insisted that recent work has improved the feel of the car, but that hadn’t translated into lap time.“I think Sebastian is second to none when it comes to fighting spirit and to try everything he can and be as constructive as one can be in trying to understand how to move the next limit,” said the Frenchman.“I think what he expressed in saying we hit the wall is we have been trying so many different things in the last two weeks here with him which somehow made the car feel better, but didn’t seem to be any breakthrough in terms of lap time.“And I think it’s our duty now trying to do anything we can to support him, and to make sure that we convert the better car thing into lap time, because he’s a massive asset for the team and he’s not an asset that we can leave behind. "He added: "The bottom line is, I think he will seriously consider the Racing Point / Aston Martin / Mercedes B team option. He said he's found that exciting. Formula 1. We were in our masks, socially distanced, and he said 'Let's do an interview. Sky F1 commentator Martin Brundle has debunked conspiracy theories surrounding a recent Sebastian Vettel interview, which had fuelled talk the German was ready to announce his retirement. I asked him how it feels that he's no longer in control of his own destiny really. "Of course that turned into 'Sebastian Vettel is going to retire, he's asked Brundle for an interview. Sky F1 commentator Martin Brundle has debunked conspiracy theories surrounding a recent Sebastian Vettel interview, which had fuelled talk the German was ready to announce his retirement. "I thought he seemed very mature about it. In the end, Vettel could manage no better than 12th place, as teammate Charles Leclerc delivered another strong showing to take fourth..
Let's do an interview'. Its with that spirit that we’ll fight, maybe with that small additional risk-taking that one needs to take when you start at the back.”F1 drivers can't use pitlane 'shortcut' on last lap And it was my own stupidity because I suddenly was live on air and wasn't expecting to be. "I was walking back out, and I just heard something about Vettel. "I think he's quite down to earth lad, quite a practical lad. "Reflecting now on what he thinks Vettel will do, having conducted the lengthy interview with him, Brundle reckons the German will only stay in F1 if he thinks he has a chance of winning.
1h . I said 'Okay. Ferrari Formula 1 team sporting director Laurent Mekies says it’s the “duty” of the Maranello outfit to support Sebastian Vettel, as the former World Champion struggles to find speed in the SF1000. And that was it. Formula 1 Formula 1 / Breaking news. After starting 10th at the British GP, Vettel had another difficult qualifying for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, failing to progress into Q3. Actually he's asked me for an interview. I think he put his hands up like that [puts hands up]. There's nothing more exciting than that. Charles Leclerc did make it through, and he starts eighth, four slots behind the place he attained last weekend.Vettel told Italian TV that he was “up against a wall” and couldn’t extract any more from the car.Mekies insisted that recent work has improved the feel of the car, but that hadn’t translated into lap time.“I think Sebastian is second to none when it comes to fighting spirit and to try everything he can and be as constructive as one can be in trying to understand how to move the next limit,” said the Frenchman.“I think what he expressed in saying we hit the wall is we have been trying so many different things in the last two weeks here with him which somehow made the car feel better, but didn’t seem to be any breakthrough in terms of lap time.“And I think it’s our duty now trying to do anything we can to support him, and to make sure that we convert the better car thing into lap time, because he’s a massive asset for the team and he’s not an asset that we can leave behind. "He added: "The bottom line is, I think he will seriously consider the Racing Point / Aston Martin / Mercedes B team option. He said he's found that exciting. Formula 1. We were in our masks, socially distanced, and he said 'Let's do an interview. Sky F1 commentator Martin Brundle has debunked conspiracy theories surrounding a recent Sebastian Vettel interview, which had fuelled talk the German was ready to announce his retirement. I asked him how it feels that he's no longer in control of his own destiny really. "Of course that turned into 'Sebastian Vettel is going to retire, he's asked Brundle for an interview. Sky F1 commentator Martin Brundle has debunked conspiracy theories surrounding a recent Sebastian Vettel interview, which had fuelled talk the German was ready to announce his retirement. "I thought he seemed very mature about it. In the end, Vettel could manage no better than 12th place, as teammate Charles Leclerc delivered another strong showing to take fourth..