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Formula 1, Monza: Vettel is thrown out, rages on TV and looks forward to the simulator

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Vettel is thrown out, rages on TV and looks forward to the simulator

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F1 - ITALIAN GRAND PRIX 2020 - PART 2

“I had no more brakes” – Sebastian Vettel breaks a styrofoam barricade

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Now the home Grand Prix will also be a disaster for Sebastian Vettel. At the Italian Grand Prix, the German doesn’t even finish. Immediately, he gives a remarkable interview full of anger and sarcasm.

Sebastian Vettel was eliminated in the seventh round of the Italian Grand Prix in Monza. Apparently the brakes of his car failed at the home Grand Prix of Ferrari.

After the German had driven through a styrofoam barricade, he radioed the box: “Breaks failed, Break failed” (“Brakes failed”). A little later he parked his car in the garage. And gave a remarkable interview on RTL during the race.

At first he explained quite soberly what had just happened on the route. “I had no more braking point when braking in the first corner,” said Vettel: “I don’t know why the problem was there. But then I didn’t have any more brakes – luckily on the first corner with a little run-out. “

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Then he got enraged. In the past few weeks, Vettel had always held back with emotional statements and his apparently true opinion about the messy situation in his racing team, but now he no longer wanted or could not contain himself.

“The drop is sucked”

“At the moment I don’t know what to do next,” says Vettel: “You think it can’t get any worse, but it can always get worse this year. It’s real – I wouldn’t say frustrating – but it sucks. There is nothing left but to continue. At the moment the fun factor is definitely not at its peak. “

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When asked about the rest of the season, he said: “The drop is sucked. It’s going to be tough this year. Next year won’t affect me anymore. I’m trying to do my job this year. “Finally, Vettel took refuge in sarcasm:” I’ll be in the simulator on Tuesday. At least the car stops. “

Ferrari has been in a deep crisis for months. In the 999th Formula 1 race in their history, the Italians now experienced the next low point on their home track.

Leclerc crashes into the tire wall

Because it didn’t take long for the team to stop working completely that day. After Vettel, it caught his teammate Charles Leclerc a little later. The Monegasse was eliminated on lap 25, it had strayed from the track and crashed into a pile of tires with great force.

So many tires flew onto the track that the race had to be interrupted for a long time to clean up. At Leclerc it was not due to the brakes, the TV pictures indicated a driving error.

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