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Vettel Bitter Over Strategy While Ferrari Blames His Start
Link to poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgwyPgEqhcyH3u38EDF4AaABCQ 0:00 - Vettel Bitter Over Strategy While Team Blames Something Else 1:47 - Fast Feed The Ferrari drivers yet again told a story of contrasting fortunes. Charles Leclerc would use a brilliant strategy to finish in fourth while Sebastian Vettel endured another comparatively horrendous showing by finishing outside the points in 12th. Frustrations have now been vented by the driver and Ferrari has responded. Vettel Bitter Over Strategy While Team Blames Something Else Vettel had already made things difficult for himself by qualifying outside the top 10. The race start would see him floundering even further with a spin that would send him to the back of the grid. He would fight back but deteriorating tyres on his final stint would keep him out of the points. This is what Vettel had to say about the strategy his team chose for him “Well we spoke this morning and said there was no point pitting knowing that we will run into traffic - and that’s exactly what we did” He further elaborated on how the stints didn’t match the tyres he was put on “We went also onto a hard tyre, which we then only had on for ten laps, probably not even that, so it didn’t make any sense. I mean why would you put the hard for ten laps and put the medium for 20 laps? So I was running out of tyres towards the end, so we spoke about exactly that” He then spoke about the possible reason why Leclerc has been doing much better “For my side with the spin I’m not sure what happened there. Also, with strategy we could have recovered better. The main difference is we don’t have clean races from where we start. He [Leclerc] had a couple of clean races so far ” Team principal Mattia Binotto, however, sees the strategy calls in a different light “I don't think there's much to say about that strategy. We may have brought him in a bit early, causing him to lose a spot to Kimi, but we knew that he would take that spot back without any loss of time” He signed off by suggesting what he thought was the real reason for Vettel’s poor result “It actually went wrong at the start of his race. I think that turned out to be the key and not the chosen strategy” Fast Feed Red Bull team principal Christian Horner feels that they “need a few more races yet before” they “have a clearer picture on” whether they have caught up with Mercedes He also added that they have “got a lot to understand. It’s really encouraging to have this performance” Red Bull team advisor Helmut Marko is “now looking forward to the race in Barcelona. It seems to be 34 degrees Celsius” He, however, wants Red Bull “to be competitive in all circumstances” as they “still have some problems with” their “car, but the gap with Mercedes is getting smaller every week” Honda F1 boss Toyoharu Tanabe thinks that “Honda’s PU contributed to the victory, giving good performance and running reliably” He also added that “just a few days ago, it was the anniversary of the death of” Honda “founder, Soichiro Honda, who passed away in 1991, making it an even more emotional win” “It feels like a victory” for Charles Leclerc, who accepts that ”it's not great to say that when you finish fourth, but the reality is that” they're “just not fast enough“ Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that they’re “going back to the drawing board” His team principal Toto Wolff explained that they “couldn't keep the tyres alive, while Max kept going faster and faster” He further added that they “now have to figure out how that was possible” Red Bull’s Alex Albon thinks that “many of the comments have been unfair” and that he just needs “to have a better Saturday” Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo pointed out that “it was a race that just kept getting away from” them Alpha Tauri’s Daniil Kvyat is “very satisfied” as he “felt like it was a mega race” because he and his team “were able to squeeze everything out of the car” Racing Point’s stand-in driver Nico Hulkenberg “had to pit again and move onto a three-stop strategy because there were some vibrations, and” they “needed to make sure” he “could make it to the finish” Have Red Bull closed the gap to Mercedes? Or was this just a once off result?
Bottas Publicly Calls Out Mercedes Strategy
Link to poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugy2wzoHkB5HiO_OHQ14AaABCQ 0:00 - Bottas Calls Out Mercedes Strategy: Says Team Was Sleeping 1:49 - Fast Feed After losing a lot of ground last week in the championship to teammate Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas qualified on pole in a bid to claw back some. However, he would concede further ground to Lewis and Max Verstappen as well as he would end up on the wrong side of a couple of his team’s strategy calls and this has peeved the Finn quite a bit I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Bottas Calls Out Mercedes Strategy: Says Team Was Sleeping Bottas began by explaining why he felt his team was caught napping “Very frustrating, obviously, starting from pole and finishing third is not ideal. I think as a team we were sleeping at some point when Max managed to get ahead of us, and my strategy was far, far from ideal so, lots to learn from today I think” Both Max and Lewis got the jump on Bottas as they were on fresher tyres towards the end during their third stint thanks to longer a first and second stint respectively Bottas expressed his displeasure on being made to do the opposite “The middle stint was quite short - we boxed and I could see Max came in at the same time, so then I knew it was going to be tricky” He further elaborated on why this made him a sitting duck for Lewis Hamilton “Towards the end of the last stint I tried to push flat-out to create opportunities. I was maybe catching slightly but then the tyres gave up completely. For me, definitely I should have gone long in the second stint. The last stint was way too long and that’s when I lost the position to Lewis” Team boss Toto Wolff gave his response to what Bottas said “I don't think we slept. But I accept his perspective. We have just had the slower car today, I think. We always say that the day when we lose is the day when we become stronger again and our challengers have to fear us” Wolff signed off by explaining why they had to tweak their strategy “The win was not there for us. Clearly, we were not the fastest car and then we optimised the strategy and it’s not clear. With the gap to Max then it was for us to settle for second and third and protect that position” Fast feed: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen feels that “it's a bit of a shame” they don't use softer tyres “on other circuits more often” and pointed out that it “also gives more problems at Mercedes” He also revealed that he “had nothing to lose. In the worst case, it will be third place and otherwise a victory” His team principal Christian Horner thinks that they have “shown the speed today. All” they “have to do now is find out where this speed came from” He also added that “it will be warm again in Barcelona and it is clear that” they “can beat Hamilton” His other driver Alex Albon feels that he “could have gotten more out of it than P5. Too bad” they “couldn't attack sooner” Lewis Hamilton sees it as “unexpected that” they “had so many blisters on the tyres” as they “haven't had this before, the team will no doubt look at it” The FIA has clarified that “any car which does not cross the control line on the track to finish the race will be referred to the stewards” This is “in the interests of sporting fairness and to facilitate the orderly conduct of the event in accordance with the provisions of the FIA International Sporting Code” Laurent Mekies, sporting director for Ferrari has revealed that they’ve “tried so many things with” Sebastian Vettel “in the two weeks here, but none of them seem to bring a breakthrough in lap times” Mekies also added that it is their “duty now to do whatever it takes to support him and make sure” they translate his skills into lap time. He is an important asset to this team” and they “are fully behind him” Racing Point’s co-owner Lawrence Stroll is “shocked by the way Renault, McLaren, Ferrari and Williams have taken this opportunity to appeal, trying to compromise” his team’s “performance” “They drag” Racing Point’s “name through the mud and” he “will not stand by and accept this” Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher finds it “obvious” that Alex Albon is “just too slow at the moment. Of course, this could be because they have designed a car that fits the driving style of Max” Was Bottas the victim of poor strategy? Or was his performance lacking compared to Max and Lewis?
Wolff Calls Ferrari’s Claims "Complete Bulls***"
Link to poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgwM8XbcBEeqJHvwXWB4AaABCQ 0:00 - Wolff Calls Binotto’s Claims Complete Bullshit 1:38 - Fast Feed Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto had recently accepted that their drop in performance came after FIA’s investigation into their engines and that it was a result of engine regulations being unclear. Mercedes’ team principal Toto Wolff has responded to Binotto’s claims with the aim at setting the record straight. Wolff Calls Binotto’s Claims Complete Bullshit Wolff began by explaining that there is nothing ambiguous about the engine regulations “Another complete bullshit story, technical directives. There's a clear regulation on power units. There have been clarifications in Austin, what is allowed to do or not, which were important, but nothing that was in any way surprising because if you comply to the regulations that was anyway clear” He, however, revelled in the irony of the situation as it forced Mercedes to up their game “I think the irony of the story is that we were pushed by some of our competitors to absolutely new levels. It brought us to almost burnout last year, to develop and innovate in a way to be competitive on track” And that he feels is the reason behind their increase in performance “And here we go, I think we made a substantial jump in performance from 2019 to 2020. Because we needed to last year, and that is a little bit ironic for me” He also gave his comments on Ferrari’s comments that unlike some of the other teams, Ferrari are ready to sign the new Concorde Agreement supposedly taking a dig at Mercedes “They make themselves a laughing stock with those comments in the public. Negotiations should be taking place behind closed doors, without running commentary from competitors. And in that respect, we're talking to Liberty, we are keen in staying in F1. There are some clauses which bother us a little bit, but nothing that can't be solved” Fast Feed Renault has lodged a second project against the legality of Racing Point’s 2020 car Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has revealed that “According to the information” they “have, more teams will start protesting against Racing Point” Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that they “had brought some updates, but they did not behave as” they had “hoped” He also doesn’t think that “anything intentional has been done” with regards to reports that the grid box was artificially dried in front of Alex Albon’s car before the start of the Hungarian GP The stewards at the Hungarian GP decided no further action was necessary in regards to the alleged drying of Albon’s grid box His other driver Max Verstappen thought that he “wouldn't race, so second place is like a win” Both Haas drivers were given 10 second time penalties post race for being given instructions during the formation lap Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc feels that “there was something wrong in the race“ and the car during the race didn’t “match with the car” they had in qualifying His teammate Sebastian Vettel, however, feels that “It was back to normal for” them. “The first race in Austria was the exception, the second race never took place and now” they are back He is also not surprised by “Hamilton's performance” in Hungary as “It was clear before the race that he would lap” them Toto Wolff feels that they were “so close to a false start” and thinks that “it was a success that” they “managed to recover and finish 1 and 3” He is also “very happy with” his “current drivers. Valtteri and Lewis get along very well and they behave well, it's an important dynamic within the team” He also revealed that Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams “has made it clear that she sees” George Russell “as an important aspect for the team and” they “have to respect the contract” His driver Valtteri Bottas further explained that he “lost it from the start” as he “reacted to a light on” his “dash that went off” instead of the starting lights Should Bottas have been penalised for his start?
Vettel Addresses Retirement Rumours
Link to poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgymgF9W81YzeTDbOMl4AaABCQ 0:00 - Vettel Addresses Retirement Rumours 1:10 - Fast Feed Ever since former F1 driver turned commentator Martin Brundle confirmed that Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel had requested an interview, the world of F1 has seen a lot of speculation regarding the reason behind such a request. Some have suggested that it could be to announce a retirement from F1. I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Vettel Addresses Retirement Rumours Sebastian Vettel got straight to the point “That rumour is not true. Actually, an interview with Sky was planned in Austria. All we had to do was postpone it to Hungary in favour of ORF. That's what the interview with Brundle was about and nothing else. It's all a bit of an exaggeration” He further elaborated on why he had to request the interview “There are no print media journalists in the paddock right now. So we're just doing interviews on television” Brundle reiterated this during race commentary by saying that the interview was just to talk about racing in general and that there are no big announcements planned as everyone is speculating. Vettel’s future is still quite uncertain though. However, Alpha Tauri’s team principal Franz Tost is hopeful that Vettel could still find a drive for 2021 “I would wait and see how the season goes. If a world champion is up for grabs, a top team really can't ignore him” Fast Feed McLaren’s Lando Norris looked back at his “Awesome first two weekends” and revealed that he “didn't expect it to go that way” Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc said that he “let the team down and didn't do a good job” after crashing with teammate Vettel and feels that he can “only say sorry and hopefully” he'll “learn from this” Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher suggested that if he were Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto, he “would be afraid of a phone call from the boss” Mattia Binotto, meanwhile accepts that they “haven't been competitive. Not only against” their “rivals over the past few years, but also against others, who up to yesterday were generally behind” them Mercedes’ Toto Wolff has revealed that he wouldn’t mind being Vettel’s manager and help him get a drive for 2021 “Purely from a human point of view” However, he is “not sure” he'd “do him any good” as he is “not sure if the teams” they're “talking about now are willing to negotiate with” himself F1’s managing director Ross Brawn feels that “The concept of the biosphere and the big bubble” means that they will” get a positive at some stage but” hopes that they “can control it and minimise the risk” Former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve thinks that “the car still has the biggest impact, even in the pouring rain” Alexey Titov, promoter of the Russian GP has revealed that they are “working closely together on a plan to be able to receive spectators safely” during the F1 race there Should Binotto be concerned for the safety of his job?
Lewis Hamilton’s "$40 Million" Salary is “Unacceptable”
0:00 - Lewis Hamilton’s Salary is “Unacceptable” 1:48 - Fast Feed While it has never been officially confirmed, the consensus is that Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton is currently the highest-paid driver in F1. According to many sources, he reportedly earns more than 250 times what some of the other drivers earn and that in the eyes of some is unacceptable I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Lewis Hamilton’s Salary is “Unacceptable” Haas’ Romain Grosjean, who also happens to be the director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) revealed how a salary cap was discussed by them "We had this talk in the GPDA. Some were in favour, others were against. I do think it's unacceptable that Lewis Hamilton earns more than $40 million while some drivers earn €150,000 a year for the same job” He then elaborated on why the idea of a salary cap was turned down by the GPDA "However, what was pointed out was that if we cap drivers' salaries, we break the whole ladder of motorsport” He revealed how many of the young driver programmes operate by taking a cut of their driver’s salaries after their drivers get a racing seat and how a salary cap would no longer make these programs viable "Who would invest money in young driver programmes to pay for their racing if they can't get their money back by taking a percentage of the drivers' high wages? That's the debate” "Personally, I wasn't necessarily against the idea of having drivers' salaries in the budget cap” Mercedes is the team paying Lewis’ supposed exorbitant salary and team boss Toto Wolff gave his thoughts on what Lewis’ brings to the table as they are set to discuss a new contract with him “Lewis is just dealing with what's going on. In addition, we also have a lot of respect for his performance in Formula 1, so we will certainly come to an amount that is satisfactory for both parties” He concluded by giving his thoughts on the correct approach to bringing driver salaries into the budget cap “We certainly support that. But it has to be done gradually, because otherwise you'll lose your superstars right now” Fast Feed Renault has released a statement confirming that “the signing of Fernando Alonso is part of Renault’s plan to continue its commitment to F1 and to return to the top of the field” Renault’s F1 MD Cyril Abiteboul justified signing Fernando Alonso for 2021 by saying that his “experience and determination will enable” them “to get the best out of each other to take the team towards the excellence that modern Formula 1 demands” Alonso, meanwhile, finds it a “great source of pride” that he is “returning to the team that gave” him the “chance at the start of” his career Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri feels that “it's a pity that Sebastian spoke so much about the car” He is, however, happy with Charles Leclerc as “He has proven once again that he has the talent and determination to succeed at Ferrari” Former F1 driver Mark Webber feels that “the pressure is on Maranello” and they “need to deliver for the” Ferrari drivers Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said that “they have two drivers who are doing great and” they “don't expect to be able to offer a place to Vettel” He also feels that “A victory was definitely there” in the first race at Austria “given that at the end of the race you could see that Valtteri was having problems with the tyres” Horner also revealed that they have “checked the parts one by one and now it looks like there's been a problem with the engine's flywheel” which led to his driver Max Verstappen’s retirement at the Austrian GP He further added that they “are now checking all parts to make sure” they “know how this problem arose and how this can be prevented in the future” Max Verstappen admires Fernando Alonso as he “always manages to get much more out of a losing car by a good start or a great first lap” Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly revealed that on lap ten of the Austrian GP “the team” asked him “to come to the pits” as “The temperature of the brakes went up the roof” However, he “wanted to continue. In a couple of laps it went better with the brakes and not much later it went perfect again” and “If you are rewarded with a seventh place in the end that is of course nice” Should there be a driver salary cap?
Hamilton Not Convinced He’s at Fault For Albon Incident
0:00 - Hamilton Not Convinced He’s at Fault For Albon Incident 1:56 - Fast Feed Many in F1 have tipped reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton as the favourite for the 2020 title. The first race, however, did not go Hamilton’s way as he finished off of the podium and picked up two different penalties over the weekend. As it stands, these penalty points may prove quite costly down the line for him. I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Hamilton Not Convinced He’s at Fault For Albon Incident According to the current rules of F1, a driver will automatically get a race ban as soon as they accumulate 12 penalty points. Lewis Hamilton is halfway there after he added four more points to his previous tally of two to bring it to a total of six points in a 12-month period. He got two of these for failing to slow down under yellow flag conditions during Q3 and the remaining two was awarded to him for causing a collision with Red Bull’s Alex Albon This current cycle began on the 17th of November last year which means that if Lewis manages to get another 6 points before November, he would face a race ban His team boss Toto Wolff gave his perspective on the collision with Red Bull’s Alex Albon that resulted in the latest of these penalty points “The stewards are always in a difficult position to make the right decisions. I'd certainly say from our perspective, the five seconds were too harsh” Hamilton, meanwhile, feels that it was nothing more than a racing incident “I can't believe we were making contact with each other again, but it really felt like a racing incident. I have to accept any punishment I get and will focus on next week” Red Bull’s team boss Christian Horner, however, feels that Hamilton got off easy “We had more grip there and Hamilton misjudged the situation. A penalty of five seconds isn't enough. Lewis must apologize” Alex Albon summed up the crash in his own words “I wanted to do the overtakes in the first five laps after the Safety Car. I was confident and the car felt good at that stage of the race. I feel like Brazil was a bit more 50/50, this one felt like I had completed the move already. I was already focusing on Bottas in front me” “There’s always a risk with overtaking on the outside, but I gave as much space as I really could. I was right on the edge. I knew as long as I gave him all the space I can give him, it’s up to him if he wants to crash or not.” Fast Feed McLaren’s Lando Norris is “proud of the team, considering where” they “were a couple of years ago” after finishing on the podium in Austria His teammate Carlos Sainz feels that “if the races continue like this, it won't be the last chance for a podium” and is “very happy for the team and Lando” Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko thinks that “whether Lewis is second or fourth, what's the difference? He has completely ruined” Red Bull’s race He also feels that the “whole system should be reconsidered” as a loss of just a “few positions” for the “guilty” driver is “not entirely fair” Christian Horner has revealed that “Max's car was suffering from electrical problems” and that “it’s very frustrating” He also feels that scoring zero points in the first race is “very unfortunate, especially with such a short season” Max Verstappen has revealed that he wants “so many things on the car, but you also have to be realistic” while discussing the possibility of Red Bull developing its own DAS system Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas, the race-winner at Austria, has revealed that "Lewis wanted to be in the lead” but he “managed to keep him behind” The FIA has clarified that “the on-board footage” “that had not been available to the Stewards in the hearing on Saturday” necessitated a review of the earlier decision not to penalize Lewis Hamilton after he supposedly failed to slow down under yellow flag conditions They also revealed that “The new video footage clearly shows that a yellow light panel was flashing on the left side of the track” and as Lewis did not slow down, he was awarded a three-place grid penalty All of this was set in motion after Red Bull had protested the initial decision made by the stewards Who was at fault for the incident between Albon and Hamilton?
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