Vettel tired of questions about instructions

Sebastian Vettel was not really able to take advantage of the team instructions favoring him at the Chinese GP. His teammate Charles Leclerc was again invited to let the four-time world champion pass, who failed to threaten the Mercedes de Lewis Hamilton et Valtteri Bottas remained undefeated this year.

Invited to comment on the strategy of the Team Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel was somewhat irritated.

“I knew this moment would come where you were going to ask me these types of questions. I'm not sure I want to answer because I'm a little angry with you (the journalists) because you take the answers out of context... It's poor journalism in my opinion, but I'm not a journalist to judge.", he commented, quoted on ESPN.

Sebastian Vettel recalled that Scuderia Ferrari was not the only team in F1 to practice the instructions.

“Maybe ask Lewis (Hamilton, referring to the 2018 Russian GP where Valtteri Bottas had to cede victory to his teammate). Mercedes was in a very different situation, but it's not the first time we've seen this. As Mattia (Binotto, Ferrari Team Principal) said, we try to do the best for the team. »

Discover the analysis of the Chinese GP carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2212 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from this Wednesday on newsstands.