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Actually he's asked me for an interview. Charles Leclerc did make it through, and he starts eighth, four slots behind the place he attained last weekend.Vettel told Italian TV that he was “up against a wall” and couldn’t extract any more from the car.Mekies insisted that recent work has improved the feel of the car, but that hadn’t translated into lap time.“I think Sebastian is second to none when it comes to fighting spirit and to try everything he can and be as constructive as one can be in trying to understand how to move the next limit,” said the Frenchman.“I think what he expressed in saying we hit the wall is we have been trying so many different things in the last two weeks here with him which somehow made the car feel better, but didn’t seem to be any breakthrough in terms of lap time.“And I think it’s our duty now trying to do anything we can to support him, and to make sure that we convert the better car thing into lap time, because he’s a massive asset for the team and he’s not an asset that we can leave behind.

Vettel and Leclerc say Styria crash 'behind them' as they focus on assessing Ferrari upgrades in Hungary News DRIVER MARKET: Vettel confirms Racing Point talks but says future 'is still open' After starting 10th at the British GP, Vettel had another difficult qualifying for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, failing to progress into Q3.

Its with that spirit that we’ll fight, maybe with that small additional risk-taking that one needs to take when you start at the back.”F1 drivers can't use pitlane 'shortcut' on last lap Sky F1 commentator Martin Brundle has debunked conspiracy theories surrounding a recent Sebastian Vettel interview, which had fuelled talk the German was ready to announce his retirement. I think he put his hands up like that [puts hands up]. Ferrari Formula 1 team sporting director Laurent Mekies says it’s the “duty” of the Maranello outfit to support Sebastian Vettel, as the former World Champion struggles to find speed in the SF1000. "I thought he seemed very mature about it. "He was heading off somewhere. And therefore we are together with him on that search for that missing batch of lap time that we are after.“I think as he expressed last week he was very uncomfortable with the car, and you know from experience as soon as one is losing the confidence in the car it’s very to have the lap time disappear.“Nonetheless he kept the right spirit, and with his group they looked at many different ways to set up the car. "Of course that turned into 'Sebastian Vettel is going to retire, he's asked Brundle for an interview. And I think "But he's come to that point where a lot of sports people get to where you have to take stock of where you're at, and what motivates you. 1h .

He surprised me in a way.

Let's do an interview.' "My takeaway from – I think it [the interview] was 19 minutes – was that he will carry on if he can find a drive that he thinks will lead to winning," he said. Ferrari Formula 1 team sporting director Laurent Mekies says it’s the “duty” of the Maranello outfit to support Sebastian Vettel, as the former … Formula 1. "Then I stupidly mentioned that, because Crofty [David Croft] was supposed to throw to Ted [Kravitz] in the grandstand and he missed, as obviously we've got completely different systems to what we would normally have at a grand prix, and somehow Crofty thought he had to throw it to me. Formula 1 Formula 1 / Breaking news.

3h . And that was it.

And I said: "Oh, yeah, sorry, I didn't know you'd come to me Crofty. The four-time F1 champion was already enduring a … "He added: "The bottom line is, I think he will seriously consider the Racing Point / Aston Martin / Mercedes B team option. "I think he's quite down to earth lad, quite a practical lad.

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