Villeneuve explains why he thinks Vettel is lagging behind

19:41, 05 Nov 2020
3 Comments
For some time there have been rumours about the reasons why Sebastian Vettel is underperforming and whether the German gets the same machinery as his teammate Leclerc. Asked for his opinion by Speedweek, Jacques Villeneuve explains that the 2020 Ferrari is tuned to Leclerc.
“Ferrari knows that Leclerc is the future. So my guess is that what Charles was saying was more likely to have been listened to when developing the vehicle.”
The young Leclerc “drives very differently than Vettel. With Sebastian you can see that he cannot push the car to its limits. "

Vettel disagrees

Vettel, however, sees things differently: “I don't think it has anything to do with the handling of the vehicle. As a pilot, you have to be able to adapt to driving behavior, whether you are sitting in a go-kart or driving Formula 1. I never had a problem with that until 2020. But this year something is simply missing. "
ADVERTISEMENT

Don’t miss GPblog in Google

Mark us as a preferred source and our articles will appear more often at the top of Top Stories.

Add as a preferred / source on Google
loading
Austrian Grand Prix
Overview
Upcoming race
Friday 26.06.26
Practice 1
Fri 11:30 AM
Practice 2
Fri 03:00 PM
Saturday 27.06.26
Practice 3
Sat 10:30 AM
Qualification
Sat 02:00 PM
Sunday 28.06.26
Race
Sun 01:00 PM

Loading