Ferrari team boss Binotto: Vettel sometimes speaks of disappointment

(Motorsport-Whole.com) – How bad is the mood between Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari still an employer? This is difficult to judge from the outside, but there are various signs that the relationship – to put it mildly – has already been better. In the last two races at Silverstone and Barcelona, ​​for example there was a crash on the radio .

“I don’t want to talk about misunderstandings between the drivers and the pit wall. We prefer To [am Funk] speak openly, “says team boss Mattia Binotto, downplaying the incidents at ‘Sky’ and declaring:” We think it’s right that both sides ask questions. ” In Silverstone there were no questions from Vettel’s side but a clear criticism .

Nevertheless, Binotto points out that these “discussions” ultimately led to the right decisions. In Barcelona, ​​for example, Vettel drove through with just one stop and was rewarded with seventh place. Incidentally, he also emphasizes that there are no problems. “It is frequent that you [am Funk] communicate,” he shrugs his shoulders.

It can quickly appear different on TV because not all radio messages are transmitted. It is therefore difficult for outside observers to see the “overall picture”. “Nothing has changed from my side,” emphasizes Vettel with regard to his behavior on the radio. Incidentally, this also applies to the silence that recently reigned noticeably often on Ferrari radio.

“You don’t have to talk all the time …”

“We’re seeing usa the whole place. You can talk to each other all over the place, you don’t have to talk on the radio all the time. Nothing has changed, “assures Vettel, who, for example, didn’t say a single word on the radio in Spain during the entire qualification. Binotto emphasizes that nothing has changed on the other side of the pit wall either.

“There are always things that we can do better,” says Vettel. In retrospect, however, that is easy to say. “The most important thing is that we [in Barcelona] decided to take this risk. It paid off,” he says happily. However, he also emphasizes that there was “not much to lose” on Sunday anyway.

“We thought it would not be possible [mit einem Stopp] to drive to the end. So I was told to push, which I did “, explains Vettel. When his team told him he should drive through, the four-time world champion got a little louder on the radio because he had already pushed the tires for a few laps.

Vettel’s problems are far from being solved

In the end it was the right decision. “We would have had to overtake four or five cars in the end if we had stopped again,” he explains. So you could concentrate on keeping the scheme on the line. However, this seventh place in Spain does not mean that all problems have been solved.

“Ultimately, it has to be said that we were a little lucky. Of course it was a good decision, and we managed the tires to the end, “explains Vettel. But the goal is actually to be in front of the midfield and not to fight with groups like Racing Level or McLaren. “There are certainly still areas that I have to work on,” says Vettel.

“We are trying a lot to improve usa. So far we have not yet found a patent solution found, but we have to keep trying, “said the German, who already had” ideas “on how to move forward. It seems clear to every descend that he basically has a recount of affairs with the current car. That has nothing to do with the location-up, emphasizes Vettel himself.

Binotto assures: “The relationship is intestine”

“In Silverstone we are with fewer wings than [in Barcelona] driven – because it’s just the nature of the track, “he explains and adds:” I had problems at Silverstone, but I had some here too. It’s an up and down. Sometimes it’s really good, sometimes not. There is still something that we have to understand. There is still a lot of work ahead of us. “

Whereby Vettel with” us “above all himself should think. Because the fact that he no longer feels the full support of the group was again made clear in an interview when he said with a smile that his opinion was no longer important internally. Because he is leaving Ferrari at the end of the year, the statement has a real core.

“I think that with this statement he is disappointed that he will no longer be part of the group in the next season, “muses Binotto, who nevertheless makes it clear that there is no recount of affairs. “The relationship is good. His weekend was good, even if he can do it much better. He had a good race,” said the Ferrari team boss.

He hoped that Vettel was able to gain some self-confidence with his seventh place in Barcelona. He could currently use it intestine.