News Details

Ecclestone: Vettel is a victim not the culprit

Bernie Ecclestone believes Sebastian Vettel's title chances were 'weakened' by a lack of support from the Ferrari team. Although Vettel started this year as the favourite to win the Drivers' Championship, his charged faltered mid-season. Mistakes from the German as well as Ferrari cost him dearly and handed momentum to title rival Lewis Hamilton. The Brit went on a four-race winning streak starting in Italy, where Ferrari did not use team orders to favour Vettel, and ending in Japan, where Ferrari got it wrong in qualifying. With the points firmly in his favour, Hamilton wrapped up his fifth World title in Mexico, doing so with two races to spare. Vettel once again had to settle for...
Full Story »
6y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ferrari did not support Vettel enough – Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone has leapt to the defence of Sebastian Vettel. The former...
6y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Ferrari did not support Vettel enough - Ecclestone

Dec.3 Bernie Ecclestone has leapt to the defence of Sebastian Vettel....
6y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Rosberg: Lack of team cohesion at Ferrari cost them...

Former world champion Nico Rosberg has pinned a lack of "team...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Rosberg: Team cohesion cost Ferrari

Nico Rosberg believes a lack of 'team cohesion' and the subsequent team...
6y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti Global shows off new liveries for 2025...

Andretti Global has revealed a trio of new liveries for the team’s cars...

Penske President Tim Cindric to reduce leadership role

Team Penske announced on Friday afternoon that long-time President Tim...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal transfer latest: January window stance...

Arsenal are yet to make a signing in the January transfer window and...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Report: Tottenham Hotspurs salvage January transfer...

Tottenham Hotspur have successfully negotiated a loan with an option to...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Newcastle lineup vs. Arsenal: Predicted XI for EFL Cup...

Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Newcastle United could line up...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Report: Man United pulled out of Mathys Tel transfer...

Manchester United are reportedly not expected to make any further...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.