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Sebastian Vettel Kneels Before His Ferrari For All the Wrong Reasons

Published 08/07/2020, 12:50 PM EDT

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F1 fans probably remember the striking photograph of Sebastian Vettel kneeling before his Red Bull from 2013. It was and remains the German’s highest point in his Formula 1 career, having clinched a 4th and final World Championship.

Fast forward to 2020 and Vettel was seen kneeling again. Not by the virtue of scaling new heights in the pinnacle of motorsport, but a tired racer staring into an abyss of a seemingly endless string of misfortune.

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During free practice for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, Vettel’s Ferrari sputtered to a halt during the dying stages of the session.

No stranger to donning multiple roles at Ferrari, Vettel jumped out of his paralyzed SF1000 to inspect what was wrong with the car.

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But the biggest talking point from FP2 was Vettel replicating his famous pose from 2013. The 4-time World Champion went to the back of his SF1000 and knelt to figure what exactly went wrong with his car.

Vettel deeply staring into his broken Ferrari whilst kneeling epitomizes his time at the team. Sadly, Vettel has come a long way from standing atop the F1 world to leaving the team that ultimately caused more heartbreak than happiness.

A monumental change in fortune for the very same man who once scored 13 wins in a single season, nine of which were in a row.

Scuderia Ferrari has run out of excuses, engine power, and empathy from fans. Deep down, Vettel’s probably breathing a sigh of relief.

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With his Ferrari contract drawing to a close, the familiar hype followed by disappointment now disappears for Sebastian Vettel.

Unfortunately, Vettel’s free practice disaster does little to improve his wafer-thin confidence in the car. At last week’s British Grand Prix, the German couldn’t make it through a single free practice session before running into a series of problems.

The lack of running resulted in Vettel barely qualifying in tenth and finishing the race in the same position. He made no meaningful progress throughout the race and barely scraped through to finish in the points.

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His teammate, on the other hand, managed to clinch an unlikely podium, his second of the season. Is it Vettel’s confidence with the car or Ferrari as a team, that’s dragging him down?

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Abhishek Bharadwaj

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Abhishek Bharadwaj is an F1 author and content strategist at EssentiallySports. Having joined ES in January 2020, he has over 700 articles to his name. While he was first introduced to the world of F1 in 2006, he started religiously following the sport in 2012 and has had an undying passion for it ever since.
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