Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel is pissed off with Leclerc! New Ferrari Zoff – “Next time I should …”

Bahrain – The race in the kingdom Bahrain it was one of the most exciting of the season. The terrible accident of the Haas pilot Romain Grosjean * it darkened the day: everything else was rightly in the background. However, Sebastian is on his feet Vettel once again on the front page – there was a lot of stress again Charles Leclerc.

Not only for the disappointing 13th place the German was pissed. He was also mad at his teammate, who gave him a Overtaking maneuvers too little space left.

Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel attacks Leclerc – due to overtaking maneuvers

Background: After the Grosjeans horror incident, the race was restarted. At the first corner, Leclerc overtook Vettel on the inside. As a result, Monegasse recovered some positions – Vettel, however, had to break out and fell far behind to 15th place. in Teamradio later he foamed with anger. “Maybe I should crash it next time,” he grumbled at the box. “All morning we talk about how we should give each other space, and then the boy slips into the smallest space that doesn’t exist and speculates that I’ll make room.”

Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel beside himself – “He can’t do it with me”

Subsequently, Vettel refers to a similar incident in Austriawhere the accident occurred. This time he returned and paid a very high price. “In the end, it is exactly the same as in Austria. If I don’t look like today, then it blows up again, “Vettel said.” He can’t do this to me. He can’t pretend I’m invisible. “He announced that he would seek a conversation with Leclerc.

Formula 1: Leclerc reacts to Vettel’s accusations

The teammate (or rather the opponent) commented the incident a bit mildly. “For my part I can only say that it was obviously extremely tight. I made sure he could see me. It can be argued that perhaps there was not enough space between our cars considering we are from the same team. But yeah, that’s it, “Leclerc said after the race.

Vettel’s anger probably won’t be too big with a small distance. He only drives two races in red, but the season is already ruined. He’ll be back next week Bahrain driven, then to finish Abu Dhabi – hopefully without incident. (epp) * tz.de is part of the Ippen publishing network.