F1 | Todt: “Alonso and Vettel didn't win in Ferrari because they didn't have a car up to par”

In the last 40 years, Ferrari has won the world drivers' title only with Michael Schumacher (five times) and Kimi Raikkonen (in 2007), otherwise, the Scuderia del Cavallino has had big problems, putting even multiple world champions in serious difficulty like Alain Prost, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. Without a winning vehicle, the driver, even if talented, can do very little, and this is what Jean Todt, president of the FIA ​​and someone who achieved "some" success with Ferrari in the winning era of Michael Schumacher, explains. The Frenchman, in a long interview granted to Corriere della Sera, explains that the talented driver cannot fill the gaps in a team.

“Motorsport is a combination of driver, car and team – Todt said. If everyone is going in the same direction, then you can aspire to success, but without one of these elements, the others cannot work. Without the car Alonso and Vettel did not win with Ferrari: Sebastian achieved his successes with the Red Bull, a competitive car, and the same thing also happened with Schumacher. When Michael arrived in 1996 at Ferrari, he had to wait five years before winning the title. You can be talented, but without the necessary means and reliability, you cannot aspire to victory. I don't want to judge what has happened in recent weeks, but Seb is a very talented driver and still doesn't have a car for 2021, I hope he can find one both for himself and for the sport.

Then the FIA ​​president talks about the hierarchies that will probably be created in Ferrari with the arrival of Sainz: “You have to ask Binotto, not me. There is no number 1 or number 2, whoever is ahead after the first races will establish the hierarchy, it's like this in all teams."