F1. Sebastian Vettel’s biggest bloodshed. Sport

Sebastian Vettel has never necessarily been the bloodiest driver on the Formula 1 grid, but he still sometimes lost his means in certain difficult situations, where he lost his temper. While the German pilot announced on Thursday that he will end his career in the premier category at the end of the 2022 season, a look back at several moments which showed that he too could be bloody on the track.

2007: he deprives Mark Webber of a podium in Japan

It was one of the first significant controversies for his debut in Formula 1. While playing at the end of the 2007 season at the wheel of the Toro Rosso, he held his first potential during the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji. podium in the queen category.

In the pouring rain that sees Lewis Hamilton lead the race, the German driver finds himself 3rd^e just behind Mark Webber, while a safety-car is deployed following an exit from the track by Fernando Alonso. But the visibility was not very good, and while the cars of Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber were idling, Vettel rammed the Australian driver’s car, and the two drivers had to retire.

The Red Bull driver will subsequently not have very kind words towards the young rookie driver: “They are children, aren’t they. Kids who don’t have enough experience – you do a good job and they screw it up”. If Vettel was very incriminated at the beginning, several videos broadcast in the aftermath convinced the F1 stewards to reduce the sanction against him, given the particularly difficult conditions.

2013: he ignores the race instructions to win

In March 2013, the pilots are present in Malaysia to compete in the second round of the season. After taking pole position on Saturday, Sebastian Vettel kept the lead at the start of the race on a wet and then dry track, before being overtaken by his teammate Mark Webber. To make sure of achieving the double, the Red Bull team then decided to set up the “Multi map 21” instruction, which ordered the pilots to keep their positions as they were.

Sure of being able to win, Vettel chose to ignore the race order, returned to his teammate, and finally placed an attack at 46^e round, before pocketing the 27^e victory of his career, while during this time his team continued to ask him to obey orders. If on arrival, the Austrian team did well the double, the atmosphere was very tense on the podium between the two pilots.

2016: he gets carried away on the radio by insulting the race director

Au 68^e lap of the Mexican Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel disputes the last place of the podium with Max Verstappen. The Dutchman misses at the entrance to turn 1 by locking his wheels and decides to cut in the grass to come out a few meters further, without wasting time on the way.