Will you miss the fans in Monza?
Sebastian Vettel: “In a way it’s better this way, but don’t get me wrong. I think it would be very difficult to race seeing all the people supporting you knowing that it is the last time in red. In this regard, perhaps it will be a little better this way. It is true it will be difficult in Monza as well. But still I have always some optimism and hope that some of the problems that seem to slow us this weekend can be understood and we can tackle them next week and be in a better place. The fans are suffering probably as much as the whole team. So if I had a choice I would still bring the fans back but obviously at the moment it is not a choice for us and not possible. I don’t think we would get booed.”
What is your best Ferrari memory?
Sebastian Vettel: “I usually reply that the best is yet to come but this is a difficult season, so I don’t think that’s true in this case. The best memory so far is the first win in Malaysia. There have been many more since then, but the first is special. If I look back I have no regrets, we had a wonderful time together and there were many memorable moments. I’m not nostalgic, I generally look forward. I would have liked to win more with Ferrari, it didn’t happen, but on both sides we are ready to move forward. Ferrari will be aiming for bigger results in the future and so will I. The time has come to separate our paths at the end of the season and until then we will try to give our best together. I will miss the people I have worked with and I think they will miss me.”
Sebastian about Charles Leclerc: “Charles is a good guy, he’s doing a great job in the car, he’s very talented. Everything that is written about him is correct and deserves the credit he has. I think that he is one of the most talented drivers on the grid and one of the fastest.”
What went wrong with your time at Ferrari?
Sebastian Vettel: “We never had the right package to fight for the title until the end of the season. This happened for a variety of reasons, not just one. I think I have expressed myself in the past years even though we probably didn’t have the same point of view on some things. My role is clear, I drive the car and I try to push development, I tried to push the team in what I hoped was the right direction. We had some great races, some others were not so good. I am obviously a huge fan of the Scuderia, it has always been a dream of mine to become a Ferrari driver and it has been a privilege to have made it but I look to the future, I focus on my new chapter. “
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