Sebastian Vettel is driving a much improved Aston Martin. Especially after the upgrades at the Spanish Grand Prix. Improving race after race, the German narrowly made it to Q3 for the second time this season. However, an incident on Saturday could’ve ended his and Carlos Sainz’s chances of taking part in the qualifying.

Monaco qualifying and practice sessions are always tricky! And during his flying lap in FP3, Carlos Sainz’s careless stroll infuriated the German. Vettel backed out of his lap as he felt there was not a space left by Sainz and he could’ve crashed into the Ferrari man. A coming together, had it happened in FP3, could’ve effectively ended their chances to take part in qualifying.

But thanks to Vettel’s quick reflexes, he avoided a collision but was furious at the Spaniard. Vettel was quick to make his feelings known on the team radio as he said, “F**king hell!! What was that man? Wohh wohh wohh. They can’t do that!” 

A dangerous and careless drive, by Sainz, could’ve ended both their qualifying before it began. Which would’ve been an enormous blow to Ferrari as Sainz eventually finished the qualifying at P2. And the same goes for Vettel who managed to get a P9 spot for the starting grid.

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However, it wasn’t all Sainz’s fault, as his track-side engineer misinformed him about the cars behind him. They informed the Spaniard about the Haas Schumacher 4 seconds behind, but not about Vettel. Vettel already passed Sainz when he got the radio message, “Also Sebastian behind 6 seconds on a timed lap.” Sainz, however, later apologized for impeding Vettel.

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Vettel spoke out about his feelings toward the “Green Red Bull” tag, which caused controversy at the Spanish GP. He said, “I think it was just at some point not fair. Especially towards, first of all, all the effort that went in [to change the AMR22]. Second, on a personal level to Dan Fallows. I don’t think it was fair. Some things that were said, I think were not right.”

Vettel defended the effort put into the improved Aston Martin by the engineers and even Dan Fallows, the ex-Red Bull employee who was arguably the center of the entire controversy.

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Either way, the FIA gave Aston Martin an all-clear, and the car was better at the Spanish GP. Now, with a P9 on the grid for the race, Vettel has the opportunity to score some vital points in Monaco.