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Schumacher first told Ferrari to take Vettel
Michael Schumacher was the first person to recommend Sebastian Vettel to Ferrari, former president Luca di Montezemolo has revealed. Four-time champion Vettel joined the Maranello squad this year after spending most of his Formula 1 career at Red Bull. Montezemolo says seven-time champion Schumacher, who was a Ferrari driver for over a decade, thought Vettel was the perfect driver for the Italian squad back in 2009, following Felipe Massa's accident during the Hungarian Grand Prix. "The first to speak well of Vettel at Ferrari was Schumacher," Montezemolo told La Repubblica newspaper in an interview. "It was the summer when he had to get back racing to replace Massa. He said:...
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