“Funny Things are Dying” – Sebastian Vettel Bashes Historic Monaco GP F1 Changes

Formula One recently announced that it will make changes to the Monaco Grand Prix weekend. Monaco weekend is unique on the calendar as Friday is off and practice sessions are held on Thursdays. This news made a lot of fans upset as well as Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel.

Vettel mentioned that although it will not make a huge difference, it was nice to have a day off. These are some of the things that made the race weekend at Principality unique.

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I don’t understand why the format has changed: Sebastian Vettel

As reported by Motorsport.it, the Aston Martin driver stated that the sport is slowly killing all the fun things. Although he stated he was kidding, but mentioned that he does not get the change in the format.

“I don’t think it will make a big difference. It was fun to have a day off, not to party but to have a little more time to prepare. It was something special that identified Monaco,” said Vettel.

“ Since… funny things are dying, that’s probably why it’s been shortened to three days. It was fun, so let’s not do it anymore… I’m kidding, but I don’t understand why the format has changed. I think it was one of the characteristics of Monaco,” stated the 4-time world champion.

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The Aston Martin driver hopes to take the team to championship contention

Sebastian Vettel signed a new contract with Aston Martin Racing to race for them in the 2022 season. Before the start of the season, the team announced their ambitions to fight for the championship in 4-5 years. Vettel hopes he will still be there when that happens.

“Yes, otherwise I wouldn’t be here. But I think the right answer is that you never know exactly how things are going to go. The vision and commitment of the team are impressive, so it may take less time, but at the moment, what gives me confidence is to see where the team is going and the determination they have in wanting to do it. Only time will give us the answer.” said Vettel.

It will be sad to lose an important tradition at one of the unique circuits on the calendar. But F1 mentioned that they made this change so that the season could finish sooner.

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