As we know, this weekend in Abu Dhabi, former Scuderia Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel will say goodbye to Formula 1 after an amazing career of fifteen years, during which he won four world titles and 53 races, 14 of these wearing the Ferrari red suit.
The Maranello team wanted to celebrate the German driver through its social channels, and did so by dedicating a post to each of the victories that Sebastian achieved with the Scuderia. And there is also a special mention for Canada 2019…
Ferrari celebrates Vettel, complete with a special mention
“What an emotional journey this weekend is going to be… we will be saying goodbye to an icon of our sport. Thanks for everything lad” – this was Ferrari’s first post on Twitter to honour the German driver.
The tribute to Seb’s 14 victories for Ferrari
The “special mention” for Canada 2019
There is also a special mention for one of the most controversial Grands Prix in recent years, the 2019 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: Sebastian Vettel won the race, but the victory was taken away from him due to a five-second penalty, received for allegedly rejoining the circuit in an unsafe manner.
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Predictably, Sebastian Vettel’s was extremely angry at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix: in one of the images that will go down in Formula 1 history, the German driver picked up the #1 board placed in front of the Mercedes car of Lewis Hamilton and swapped it for the #2 in front of his Ferrari. He then stormed off and did not want to take part in the podium ceremony before changing his mind as a “matter of respect” to his rivals.
The Ferrari driver was not the only one to disagree about the decision and to label the penalty as unfair, with many other current and former drivers siding with Sebastian Vettel. Even Lewis Hamilton himself eventually admitted he would have done the same as the German driver in a similar on-track moment.
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