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Formula 1: Drive to Survive often gives fans some nice insight into the drivers’ personality off the track. And the third season of the famous series is no different. In the fourth episode that focuses wholly on Ferrari and their torrid season, Sebastian Vettel provides viewers with some humorous relief. The Italian team had already axed the German driver by then. As such, even Vettel realized he had nothing to lose, thus proceeding to divulge some secrets.

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Early on in the episode, the Maranello-based outfit is seen conducting a Q&A session between fans and the two drivers, Vettel and Charles Leclerc. One fan poses a question to Leclerc asking when the Monegasque would launch his own clothing line.

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As Leclerc tries to skirt around the questions giving some reasons, Vettel butts in and reveals the actual answer. The answer the team had apparently prohibited their drivers from saying. But the German knew he was out of the team anyway and had nothing to lose.

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The four-time world champion says, “Ah. He’s not allowed! That’s why it is not happening. Because we have a partner (points to Puma logo). So he was told off.

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“I’m not supposed to say that. But I’m leaving at the end of the year, so I can say what I want, you know?.”

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It was certainly nice to see Vettel in good spirit despite the season he had. His Ferrari chapter closed with the worst possible ending, but having now moved to Aston Martin, he’d like to show his former team that they were wrong to dismiss him.

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Having now moved to the Silverstone-based outfit, the ex-Red Bull star will want to show his critics that he still has plenty of gas left in the tank.

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Sure, testing may not have gone as well as he would have liked, but in terms of performance, one can’t really consider pre-season tests results; just where Vettel and the AMR21 stand in terms of pace can only be deciphered after the first race.

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However, considering how good the team were last year, one can expect them to challenge for the unofficial title of ‘best of the rest.’ And even from Vettel’s point of view, that’s what he’d desire in the Drivers’ championship standings too.

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Can Sebastian turn things around in 2021? Or will it be another season of disappointment? We shall soon see.

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Also Read: Ferrari Never Loved Sebastian Vettel: Ecclestone

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Ronan Carvalho is senior F1 author for Essentiallysports. Ronan is currently pursuing his Journalism degree from St. Xavier's College. Being an experienced voice on the sport, he has nearly 1000 Formula 1 articles to his name. Having fallen in love with cars at a young age, he soon became an ardent lover of the F1 series and claims Kimi Raikkonen to be his favourite driver and Spa to be his favorite track, thanks in a large part to the thrill of watching cars go through Radillon (yes, not Eau Rouge). However, he doesn't let his biases get in the way of his writing, delivering objective and precise articles to fans of the sport both new and old.

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