F1 | Marko on Vettel: "He has lost faith in Ferrari: there is too much politics around Leclerc"

The divorce between Vettel and Ferrari is still much discussed. The German champion probably suffered from the way in which the team and the whole environment rallied around Leclerc, an undisputed talent but still essentially immature. For Sebastian, therefore, the doors for 2021 seem to be closed, and the chance of going to Mercedes or Red Bull has currently passed. However, there are those who are rooting for him in 2020 too, namely Helmut Marko, consultant to the Austrian team and one of the supporters of the rise of the four-time world champion.

“You can't keep Vettel and Ferrari out of the title fight – Marko said – but I have the impression that Sebastian doesn't have a car to try to win the world championship this year. I hope I'm wrong, for all sport it's good if more than two teams compete for the championship. I'm not surprised by the separation: there were already signs for a few months that I think he has lost faith in Ferrari. Leclerc is a talent, but there is too much politics around him, and Vettel doesn't like this: he just wants to press the gas pedal, win races and not waste energy on useless team politics. I just hope that Ferrari gives him the opportunity to demonstrate his abilities in this final season. If he were to leave Formula 1 it would be a huge loss: just the fact of having him alongside Hamilton in 2021 in Mercedes has created a media earthquake, this says it all, but I believe that Toto Wolff will not give him this opportunity, so I believe that Sebastian must taking a year off and then coming back in 2022, he's still young! In Red Bull? We have our contracts with Max and Albon at the moment, however in Formula 1 everything can always change, we will know more at the end of the season."