Nico Rosberg opines there is something fundamentally wrong with Sebastian Vettel’s car

Tanish Chachra | 10/08/2020
Nico Rosberg opines there is something fundamentally wrong with Sebastian Vettel's car

Nico Rosberg opines that there is something wrong with Sebastian Vettel’s car; claims he is not even half a second slower than Charles Leclerc.

Amidst the controversy around Sebastian Vettel’s outing in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone. Nico Rosberg has come in to defend his former rival after the latter brought P12, whereas his teammate Charles Leclerc came P4.

According to Rosberg, there is something fundamentally wrong with Vettel’s car as he believes that he is not even half a second slower than the Monegasque driver.

Rosberg to RTL: “Seb’s team radio shows how tense the situation at Ferrari is. But he should fight now, also as a sign to possible future teams. He has to put his foot down at Ferrari and ask for a new car!”

“Sebastian is one of the best drivers of all time and he is not half a second slower than Charles. There must be something fundamentally wrong with the car. Sebastian just has to assert himself now.”

Vettel hardly had a glorious run in Formula 1 this season. Vettel has even signalled a sense of partiality towards Leclerc by Ferrari, with the German set to leave the team after the end of the season.

Accusations and poor planning

Vettel after the race openly criticized Ferrari for its tactics during the last set of the laps, which allegedly made him lose his position against his nearby competitiors.

However, Florian König has shown his disagreements over Vettel’s open criticism against Ferrari. Vettel’s conversation with the race engineer is also trending on social media.

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With fans believing it to be sadness in the voice of Vettel as he closes into the last few races for Ferrari before leaving the team at the end of the season.

Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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