Despite Ferrari Nightmare, Sebastian Vettel Makes Bold Claim: “Wouldn’t Go Back And…”

Arriving in the 2014 season on the back of a 4-year championship streak, Sebastian Vettel hoped to continue the momentum. However, he did not just pose no competition but also failed to register a single win. Resultantly, he made a switch to an Italian giant Ferrari in search of another F1 trophy. As it turned out, Vettel remained trophyless during his 6 years with the Prancing Horse. However, looking back at those times after retiring, he believes he has no regrets.

Vettel’s real shot at the championship trophy came in the 2017 season. The German was evenly matched with Lewis Hamilton, with both drivers putting up the best of their consistent performances. However, as the season progressed towards the second half, Hamilton registered 6 wins from 7 races between the fixtures in Belgium and the US. Sebastian finished as the runner-up that season. In 2018 again he finished 2nd, failing to stop the Hamilton-Mercedes juggernaut.

Speaking on Beyond the Grid Podcast, Vettel said, “I think I have a very strong emotional connection with Italy and the Italian people, and with Ferrari as a brand, so it was a privilege to race for Ferrari.” [Translated using Google]

“We had great times together, so a lot of memories that I will keep forever and a lot of friends that I made. In terms of numbers and statistics, I failed because my goal was to win the championship. of the world and I didn’t.”

“In the end, Lewis and Mercedes, as an alliance, were too strong for us and we didn’t beat them,” he added. “And, in the end, as I said, there was someone else who was better at that point and deserved to win, so we came second twice. But I didn’t I have no regrets and learned a lot. I wouldn’t go back and change a thing.”

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In the interview, Vettel was asked about the one person to whom he owed all his success. Without skipping a beat, he spoke about his wife.

Mattia Binotto felt Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s partnership was a failure

The Tifosi saw Seb’s arrival at Ferrari as a great move for the red team. A proven, multiple-time champion is exactly what they needed to take a shot at trophies again. However, as we know, it all turned out to be one big heartbreak.

Speaking after the conclusion of the 2022 season, then-Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said, “When he joined Ferrari, his ambition and objective was to win the title with Ferrari and it was our dream and objective as well. So it was a failure for him, but it was a failure altogether as a team.”

“I think when your final objective is to do that and when you do not achieve it, it is a failure.”

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Seb may not have achieved what he set out to with the Prancing Horse. But with Lewis, he gave us one of the greatest rivalries modern F1 has witnessed.