Furious Fans Bash Ferrari for Team Orders Involving Sebastian Vettel at the Russian Grand Prix

Published 09/29/2019, 8:47 AM EDT

From a potential Ferrari 1-2, the situation has suddenly devolved to a Mercedes 1-2. Charles Leclerc was hollering for Ferrari to swap him and race leader Sebastian Vettel around. Vettel got a fantastic start from P3 to leapfrog Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.

However, Leclerc felt that he was hard done by, by the team and wanted Vettel to let him pass. However, Sebastian Vettel stood firm and was unwilling to move over for his younger teammate. Soon, the situation spontaneously combusted for Ferrari and Mercedes were there to pick up the pieces.

While both Mercedes leapfrogged Leclerc, Sebastian Vettel trundled to a halt with an MGU-K failure.

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Oh dear…. Ferrari seem to have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory! 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ #RussianGP
— Karun Chandhok (@karunchandhok) September 29, 2019

Where are those Ferrari 50hp+ you were talking about @ Mercedes#RussianGP
— tami. (@Vetteleclerc) September 29, 2019

Leclerc with a scruffy last sector after closing right up on Bottas and he blows his chance to really attack into Turn 2 on this lap. Hamilton now 3.4s clear, not looking good for Ferrari #F1 #RussianGP
— Chris Medland (@ChrisMedlandF1) September 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/stino_ven/status/1178282620096000000?s=19

Now leclerc's gonna lose this race KARMA Ferrari #RussianGP pic.twitter.com/GwJouWgnNf
— S 🦋 (@lostklay) September 29, 2019

Imagine if Rosberg never retired. The season would just be Ferrari and Merc doing politics at 300kph
— F1 Alternatives (@F1_Alternatives) September 29, 2019

#Ferrari
Well deserved. pic.twitter.com/58b9azRF6C
— Lars Krissmes (@StinktSauer) September 29, 2019

ferrari counted seb out and this is the price they paid
— mj (@sebvetteIs) September 29, 2019

Picking the next Ferrari strategist after the #RussianGP be like….
pic.twitter.com/P0ryjyWmP0
— Jeff (@jeffundmg) September 29, 2019

honestly …… i'm trying not to be bitter on here for most of the time but ferrari deserve every bit of backlash they're gonna get from this, and they WILL
— lisa (@sebinred) September 29, 2019

Vettel's final message after he stops: "Bring back those fucking V12s" #F1 #RussianGP
— Luke Smith (@LukeSmithF1) September 29, 2019

What I don't get is that even if Leclerc had been told to tow Vettel and he'd get the position back later, just stop Leclerc first and give him the undercut? They've created a mess now by trying to sort it out on track.
— Tom Bellingham (@TommyWTF1) September 29, 2019

Current scenes in Sebastian Vettel's car…#bbcf1 #F1 #RussianGP pic.twitter.com/BDM8k6vuJA
— BBCF1 (@bbcf1) September 29, 2019

EVERYONE, VOTE VETTEL AS THE DRIVER OF THE DAY
Please share and Retweet #VettelForDOTD
— Ayden 🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧 (@MotorsportDavo) September 29, 2019

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So we are in agreeance that Ferrari purposely fucked with Vettel? #RussianGP pic.twitter.com/K699reQPQN
— Yeah I said it (@lazykyosuke) September 29, 2019

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You played it dirty: you should be proud of yourselves. You robbed Vettel his win 😤 pic.twitter.com/ysZSrJg1dz
— 𝐌𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐤 🦈 (@mrdavison1) September 29, 2019

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Dhruv George is a senior Formula One and NASCAR analyst for EssentiallySports, having authored nearly 12000 articles spanning different sports like F1, NASCAR, Tennis, NFL, and eSports. He graduated with a PG Diploma in Journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications. Dhruv has also conducted interviews with F1 driver Pierre Gasly and Moto2 rider Tony Arbolino.