Sunday is the Formula One Italian Grand Prix, Ferrariâs home race, so the team had a fan event in Milan this week. But Ferrariâs Sebastian Vettel, whoâs gaining on title leader Lewis Hamilton in the standings faster than most of us can gain weight on vacation, walled it during a low-speed run in front of the crowd.
It wasnât surprising that Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel took the checkered flag first on Sunday at the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix. What was surprising was when he took it, since a major miscommunication led the flag to be waved before the finish and effectively end the race more than five miles early.
Itâs difficult to call what happened in Montreal today a race, exactly. At the front of the field, it was Sebastian Vettel who had qualified on pole, run away at the start, and set the car on cruise control leading every single lap and never looking back. This was an incredibly boring Formula One Grand Prix, which isâŚ
Formula One drivers are more likely to run into each other on the race track if theyâre similar in age, social status and competition results, according to a new study that looked at five decades of crashes. Itâs like a big game of âIâm cooler than you are,â funded by teams with annual budgets in the $500-millionâŚ
Ferrariâs Sebastian Vettel has not won a Formula One Grand Prix since July when he took the trophy in Hungary. That changed today in Brazil when he slid down the inside of polesitter Valtteri Bottas lap one turn one, and kept the pace to fend off all attacks for the remaining laps. Ultimately his gap to Bottas inâŚ
Ferrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel complained of a burning sensation down below during Free Practice 2 in Mexico only to discover that his carâs onboard fire extinguisher had gone off, WTF1 reports. The cause was a loose screw. Naturally, Iâm writing this for the brilliant headline possibilities.
Ferrari Formula One driver and four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel hasnât driven for his former team Red Bull since 2014, yet he tried to get his Ferrari serviced in Red Bullâs pit stall during Free Practice 3 of the United States Grand Prix. Oops!
Ferrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel had to retire on lap 5 of todayâs Japanese Grand Prix due to an engine issue. Vettel, who sits in second place just behind Mercedesâ Lewis Hamilton in the F1 driversâ championship, quickly lost position after slowing on track and was ultimately called in by his team.
Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel just signed a new three-year contract to stay at Ferrari, reports NBC Sports. Ferrari made the announcement after the final practice session for this weekendâs race at Spa-Francorchamps, confirming what we all expected to happen after Ferrari announced theyâd be keeping VettelâsâŚ
Sebastian Vettel just set the fastest recorded lap ever at the Hungaroring during qualifying for tomorrowâs Hungarian Grand Prix.
While it was clear that Lewis Hamilton would likely end up winning his fourth-straight British Grand Prix pretty early on, it really didnât help that all of Ferrariâs tires decided to explode in the final lap of the race.
Formula Oneâs latest attempt at protecting the cockpit seemed promising. It looked good, itâs a step in the right direction and it wasnât nearly as dumb-looking to the car as the halo was. But Sebastian Vettel practiced with it on Friday, and it made him so dizzy he took it off before the session ended.
After ramming each other behind a safety car at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel didnât sleep it off. In fact, no one in the Formula One universe really did. Hamilton wants to settle things outside of the car, and everyone else seems to be freaking out because there was a skirmish.
Though he sat on pole position for the first time in nine years at the Monaco Grand Prix and looked about as thrilled as Kimi Raikkonen can, it was his Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel who got the big win Sunday. A less dominant force than usual, Lewis Hamilton finished seventh after a disastrous qualifying run.
Team orders werenât a factor among the Mercedes camp at the end of Sundayâs Formula One Russian Grand Prix, with teammate Lewis Hamilton nearly half a minute back from leader Valtteri Bottas in fourth. But Bottas had a closing Sebastian Vettel to worry about, squeezing through to an intense first victory.
Continuing the pattern of slightly less Mercedes domination in Formula One this year, the front row of the Russian Grand Prix starting grid will be Ferrari red on Sunday. Sebastian Vettel is on pole, with teammate Kimi Raikkonen in second. Mercedes locked up the third and fourth spots, and the full lineup is here.
Nicoâoh, er, Valtteri Bottasâis on the pole for the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, ahead of his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. Ferrariâs Sebastian Vettel will start third, and will hopefully line up in his boxed-off starting spot this time around. The full starting lineup can be found here.
Overtakes in Formula One this year have been few and far between. Fortunately, when they do happen, oh boy, do they ever deliver. Ferrariâs Sebastian Vettel just put on a masterclass of crazy, ainât-care passing trying to claw his way back up from a decidedly meh start to his Chinese Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel was under investigation by the race stewards for not lining up all the way into his starting location. His Ferrari was started from second position on the front row, but he didnât quite line up into his boxed-off spot. Um, was this intentional, or did Seb party a bit too hard last night?
