The 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be the last time Sebastian Vettel will go behind the wheel of an F1 car. In his last ever qualification, the German driver qualified in P9 in Q3. However, the Aston Martin driver might not be totally happy with his former team, Red Bull, as he vented out on the radio. The fans reacted angrily to the incident.
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Vettel, who pumped out brilliant Q1, and Q2 performances, was annoyed with the Red Bull cars that came in front of him thrice as he was about to cross the finish line. Complaining on the radio that he lost about one-tenth duo to the Red Bull car, he vented out his frustration.
On the radio, the former Ferrari driver stated, “How is that possible? 3 times in a row I get these people! They don’t back off! It’s a tenth in the last corner!”
The fans didn’t take this well. They shared their angry reactions online.
Fans react as Sebastian Vettel Red Bull got in his way
The fans reacted as the Milton-Keynes-based cars came in the way of Sebastian Vettel. Despite this, the German managed to finish Q1 in P6 with 1:25:523 and Q2 in P8 with 1:24:974. The 35-year-old driver further qualified in P9 in the final qualification with a brilliant 1:24:961.
Given below are some of the reactions taken from Twitter.
GET THE RED BULLS AWAY DISQUALIFY THEM RIGHT NOW
— laura | danke seb🤍 (@llaurtsikkk) November 19, 2022
disqualify the red bulls from the race imo
— bianca ☀️GEORGE P1 (@biazzarro) November 19, 2022
red bulls just spawning on the track to annoy seb
— lisa | seb's last quali 🙁 (@sebinred) November 19, 2022
redbulls are really set to ruin his last race huh 😒 https://t.co/QmX9qMfZCm
— kyra¹⁶🏁🏎️ | watching quali (@cobaItswhore) November 19, 2022
redbull as always https://t.co/5fnnBwEjHg
— majo (@sainzjpg) November 19, 2022
The Abu Dhabi GP Qualifying was probably one of the best qualifying performances ever in an Aston Martin for Vettel as he made it to Q3 even after the hindrance.
but no it’s just the mercedes drivers that complain about red bull 🙄 https://t.co/E0AzaZrFWg
— AM (@defaultgunner) November 19, 2022
this is why Red Bull Racing is the smallest team in F1 https://t.co/HuHUuPFRHD
— Aran (@aaronjoy03) November 19, 2022
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ARREST THEM ALREADY https://t.co/f9Ba8VHlt5
— vera (@pikahrtz) November 19, 2022
After spending over 15 years in Formula 1, it’s time for the German to hang his helmet as the last race weekend of the 2022 F1 season commences. Sunday’s race will be the 300th time Sebastian Vettel will appear to race.
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