For example, Vettel's own words about the SF70-H:
Now there are only two power sensitive tracks in F1: SPA and Monza. But everywhere else, including SPA and Monza, downforce is the key. And it is funny, seeing how he excluded Baku and Singapore, two races where he could've easily scored 50 points.
Marchionne:
A nice tech review:
https://imgur.com/a/98mJi
SF71-H vs Mercedes, a article from August 2018:
https://www.racefans.net/2018/08/06/...rari-quickest/
F1 season preview 2019, Karun Chandhok:
Todt and Massa's opinions are nice and supportive towards Vettel, and you can't expect otherwise. You don't expect Todt and Massa to highlight Vettel's several mistakes/incidents that he was involved. I mean on top of my head, here's few:
Incidents in Canada 2017, Baku 2017, Singapore 2017, Mexico 2017, China 2018, Baku 2018, Germany 2018, France 2018, Italy 2018, Japan 2018, USA 2018 etc. And there are few more.
And I still see the "2nd half of 2018 upgrades" excuse still being played here. Sure, Ferrari's Singapore upgrades were bad, nobody arguing otherwise. But the kept those upgrades for 2 races (Singapore and Russia), after that they removed it. But according to some, Ferrari getting their updates wrong over a 2 race period = "out developed in the 2nd half".
Ferari removed those updates in USA (a race where Raikkonen had won and Vettel made yet another mistake), after that they were just as quick as Mercedes again. And one could argue that Mercedes having development/upgrade issues in races such as Canada & Mexico, made things easier for Vettel in those races. Also Mercedes had a few troublesome races as well, namely USA, Brazil, and especially Mexico. And the most important thing is, Vettel's mistakes didn't happen in a vacuum. While Hamilton, avoiding mistakes & maximizing their chances on tracks where Mercedes wasn't quickest, put pressure on Ferrari & Vettel, encouraging them to make mistakes under stress.
Now let's talk about 2019, when Ferrari promoted Leclerc, a driver with only 21 race experience, as Vettel's teammate and new number 2. But at the very first race, Ferrari ordered Leclerc to say behind Vettel and not to overtake him, and at the second race, Leclerc takes Ferrari first pole, dominates it but unable to win because of a faulty PU component. In the end, Leclerc takes 7 poles, 2 wins, scores more points and podiums than his teammate. And as for Vettel, the same ol excuses: Car didn't suit him, couldn't drive the way he wanted blah blah blah. And as for Ferrari and it's management, they must have wondered about SF70H and SF71H, and whether or not Vettel took the best out of them.
And now we know that, Ferrari did wondered. That's why Leclerc right now, has a 5 years contract and Vettel will be long gone after this year.
Now the reason for my long post, the Vettel hive mind here, want to have us believe that he was driving a Williams in 2017 and 2018, not Ferrari. And the main reasons for him not winning: Ferrari. The not existent team management issues where they refused to support him fully, and the non existent bad strategy's they have given him race after race. Not those 13-14 mistakes that he had made out of 40 races from 2017-2018.
To me it's quite simple, the difference between Mercedes and Ferrari (2017 and 2018) = the difference between Hamilton and Vettel.
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