Ferrari, Arrivabene: “Vettel, a human being like all of us”

There are already those who are ready to define the Bahrain Grand Prix as the strange case of Sebastian Vettel. The 27-year-old from Ferrari was unable to get on the podium in Sakhir, thanks to a few too many mistakes made during the race, which forced him to close the fourth round of the World Championship in fifth position, behind Valtteri Bottas. Before the Bahrain match, the German was the true darling of fans and the press, so much so that he earned the nickname For-Vettel, while his garage partner, Kimi Raikkonen, found himself suffering behind the four-time World Champion.

In Sakhir, the wheels turned with the Finn risking go and win while the German was the author of a race surrounded by errors. Despite this, Sebastian found full support from his Team Principal, Maurizio Arrivabene: “After three almost perfect races, Vettel paid the price a very high price in Bahrain dismayed by several errors. In Sakhir, he behaved as if he were Ferrari's number two, imprecise, nervous, tormented – commented the manager from Brescia – If Seb hadn't made all those mistakes, we could have had two riders on the podium, but he too, despite everything, is a human being like us. We must not dwell on the single result: he won one race and ended up on the podium twice as many, furthermore we cannot forget all the great work done during the winter,” concluded Arrivabene.

Eleonora Ottonello
@lapisinha