⟶ F1 fans will remember Turkey [2010] and the infamous coming-together between Seb and me as we tussled for the race lead. […] Seb retired on the spot and spent some time making weird gestures meant to indicate it was all my fault. I managed to limp back for repairs, rejoin the race and claim third place. Immediately after parking my car I had to go into the mandatory FIA press conference before I had any contact with the team; I dealt with the questions as straightforwardly and professionally as I could, went back to the paddock – and found that I was being blamed for what had happened.
The post-race debrief was interesting: we were minus one driver as Seb had been excused from attending! To this day I still don’t know why he missed the debrief, which is the essential conclusion to a race weekend. It’s a time for everyone to face the music from the various departments and that includes driver performance. I don’t think team management was particularly happy with either of us. After all, we had committed the ultimate sin in motor sport – colliding with your teammate.
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↪ favourite controversy moments: Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber collide during the 2010 Turkey GP
bonus: "It’s probably the first time in my career that I’ve had a problem with a teammate, in terms of—well, when so much was at stake. But hopefully it’ll be water under the bridge by the end of the year."
IT WAS A MONDAY TOO i’m sorry for being busy and not prioritizing the both of u please come back at this rate turkey 2010 is going to be a text post and a pic of seb’s car way before the dnf