“He’s gone up against Lewis and Lewis has basically just wiped the floor with him,” Duncan says. And I think that put the pressure on him coming into this year,” he tells CNN.Įarlier this year it was announced Vettel would be replaced by Carlos Sainz at Ferrari, making it clear that rising star Leclerc was the team’s future.īut Duncan does not believe Vettel’s loss of confidence stems from Leclerc’s rise.
“When Charles came in and got seven poles last year, won races, it became clear that Sebastian wasn’t as far ahead as I think Ferrari assumed he would be at the end of that year. Senior writer for Lawrence Barretto says Leclerc’s rise will have changed how Ferrari perceived its supposed number one driver, and how Vettel saw himself too. Sebastian Vettel earned three wins with Ferrari in 2015, his first season with the team. The German finished second in the 20 drivers’ title fights, but that’s as good as it got and, over the last two years, 23-year-old Leclerc has outshone Vettel. In 2015, four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel joined and many believed more titles would be added to the team’s roll of honors. Five constructors’ titles and drivers’ titles with Michael Schumacher between 2000-2004, before another duo of wins with Kimi Raikkonen in 2007. The Italian team started the new millennium well. With 16 constructors’ titles, no team in F1 history comes close to Ferrari’s success. So what has gone wrong for the team of Michael Schumacher, Niki Lauda and John Surtees? And can it bounce back in 2021? “For a team like Ferrari, who are the most successful team in the sport, and haven’t won a world championship since 2007. “If they’re in a similar position next year as they have been this year, then that’s just not good enough,” Duncan told CNN. PA media’s F1 correspondent Phil Duncan said it had been a year to forget for the Italian marque. In a sport where, year on year, progress is expected, Ferrari’s drop in performance has been staggering – and this in a season the team celebrated its 1000th Grand Prix.
Un grande grazie a tutti voi 🤗 #essereFerrari 🔴 /AMjJDvqJB6- Scuderia Ferrari December 14, 2020 This year, the team has achieved three podiums total.īut we will remember this weekend as incredibly emotional ♥️ In 2019, the team notched 19 podiums finishes, including three wins, between its two drivers. Having finished second in the Formula One constructors’ championship three years running – from 2017 to 2019 – Ferrari dropped to sixth this year. In 2020, Ferrari recorded its worst season finish in 40 years.
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