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Vettel leaving Ferrari.
« on: 12 May 2020, 17:00:09 »
He is out at the end of the 2020 season, if there is a season. Apparently Ferrari were only prepared to offer him a one year deal which he wouldn't accept.
Hard to see where he can go unless Hamilton fancies swapping seats, which would be a crazy thing for him to do imo.
Other than retirement, McLaren might be his best option ?
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« Reply #1 on: 12 May 2020, 17:34:37 »
I saw that. He is finished. Too much new talent assuming F1 or anything else for that matter ever gets going again.

They are going to just have a small handful of venues, have accommodation to self isolate the entire entourage for a fortnight before, have spare team members including drivers, then do maybe five Grand Prixs in a weekend , then fly back to base, fortnights self isolation before flying out to next venue to repeat. Everyones pay will have to drop dramatically with no crowds unless they jack up TV viewing price.........
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« Reply #2 on: 12 May 2020, 17:47:20 »
He'll hardly end up skint. His annual salary is $40 million and he's worth half a billion dollars.
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Re: Vettel leaving Ferrari.
« Reply #3 on: 12 May 2020, 18:16:36 »
They'll probably end up racing using X-Box type F1 racing games and it'll probably be more exciting and interesting to watch!  :)
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« Reply #4 on: 12 May 2020, 18:18:35 »
That is already happening. There is a huge difference between an audacious overtake on an xbox and one on a real track.
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Re: Vettel leaving Ferrari.
« Reply #5 on: 12 May 2020, 18:35:29 »
Quote from: STEMO on 12 May 2020, 17:47:20
He'll hardly end up skint. His annual salary is $40 million and he's worth half a billion dollars.

Remember....$500 million is only actually abut £400 million. :)

Poor lamb. ;)
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Re: Vettel leaving Ferrari.
« Reply #6 on: 12 May 2020, 18:42:02 »
Once past a certain point, it cant be about the money. The money is just an indicator of their value, relative to others doing the same job.
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« Reply #7 on: 12 May 2020, 19:03:02 »
Quote from: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 12 May 2020, 18:42:02
Once past a certain point, it cant be about the money. The money is just an indicator of their value, relative to others doing the same job.
To a certain extent. Some drivers lose the hunger once their bank balance reaches 8 figures, others, such as Hamilton, couldn't drive at anything below 100% if they tried.
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Re: Vettel leaving Ferrari.
« Reply #8 on: 12 May 2020, 20:17:08 »
Vettel had that four year period where he was at his best, he had the best car, and little competition. Since then reality has kicked in, and it seems to me that, mentally he hasn't been strong enough to deal with it. He isn't the living legend he thought he was.
Imo he should bow out gracefully, because there is no way he can regain his former glory.
I have a feeling that he wont though. he is probably hoping and praying Hamilton will want to drive for Ferrari at some point and he can then jump in the Mercedes.
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« Reply #9 on: 12 May 2020, 20:41:26 »
If I were the decision maker at Ferrari I would be calling Riciardos manager.
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« Reply #10 on: 12 May 2020, 21:03:42 »
Not Giovanni for a quarter of the price?
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« Reply #11 on: 12 May 2020, 23:05:29 »
Nah. I rate Riciardo best of the rest after Hamilton - if he still has the hunger after his couple of seasons of trials & tribulations.
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Re: Vettel leaving Ferrari.
« Reply #12 on: 13 May 2020, 09:52:33 »
Quote from: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 12 May 2020, 23:05:29
Nah. I rate Riciardo best of the rest after Hamilton - if he still has the hunger after his couple of seasons of trials & tribulations.

Apparently young Carlos Sainz is in the frame for the Ferrari drive :y
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« Reply #13 on: 13 May 2020, 10:14:48 »
Yep, just read that too. Apparently he comes cheap and will be a safe, non threatening number 2 for Leclerc.
Vettel or Riciardo to McLaren then.
Theres press talk of Vettel replacing Bottas at Mercedes, but I cant see it myself. Unless the Mercedes board are so blindly Nationalistic that they hope he would beat Hamilton and become a German World champion in their car.
I think it more likely that he would play a lot of mind games with Hamilton, become a distraction within the team and allow the other teams to overtake them.
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Re: Vettel leaving Ferrari.
« Reply #14 on: 13 May 2020, 12:55:37 »
Quote from: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 13 May 2020, 10:14:48
Yep, just read that too. Apparently he comes cheap and will be a safe, non threatening number 2 for Leclerc.
Vettel or Riciardo to McLaren then.
Theres press talk of Vettel replacing Bottas at Mercedes, but I cant see it myself. Unless the Mercedes board are so blindly Nationalistic that they hope he would beat Hamilton and become a German World champion in their car.
I think it more likely that he would play a lot of mind games with Hamilton, become a distraction within the team and allow the other teams to overtake them.

Mercedes have done the German world champion bit with Nico so don't think that will bother them,rumour mill has Ricardo Mclaren bound ::)
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