Drive to Survive Exposed Extent of Ferrari’s Internal Turmoil on Vettel: Webber

Mark Webber witnessed the championship run of Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull firsthand. The pair were teammates at the Austrian team from 2009 to 2013. During that time, the German clinched four back-to-back championships to his name.

Vettel later moved to Ferrari in hopes of following in the footsteps of his idol, Michael Schumacher. Unfortunately, he failed to do so and was forced to end his stint with the Maranello team in 2020 with a rather disastrous season. For the 2021 season, the German signed with Aston Martin. However, his run of performances has not improved as expected by the F1 community.

In a recent interview, Vettel‘s former teammate, Webber, explained that the Drive to Survive series on Netflix hinted at the German’s plight and the team atmosphere in his last season with Ferrari.

“It’s really, really hard to know how all this has happened. But I think it’s pretty clear – I’ve watched a bit of the Drive To Survive and you know [that] if that’s what’s coming out, the inside of Ferrari must have been quite challenging for him.”

“So he was looking for a change of scenery. But we’re always measured on what we’re doing in the car,” said the former F1 driver.

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Sebastian Vettel is going to be hard on himself, claims Webber

As the German’s teammate, Mark Webber has gotten to know Vettel better than many. So, the Aussie knows, that even though the expectations and pressure on the Aston Martin driver are very high, Vettel is still his own toughest critic.

“He’s going to be really hard on himself. It’s easy for this stuff to snowball out of control. And that’s what his mission has got to be now is to make sure this doesn’t snowball out of control, that he can get back on the horse and have sort of some feeling with this car,” explained Webber.

Sebastian Vettel finished the season opener in Bahrain five positions behind his teammate, Lance Stroll. The team and the German will look for points finish at Imola next weekend.

Do you believe Vettel will find his mojo back soon or is this season going to be another disaster for the German?