The last of the 17 races of the 2020 Formula 1 season, the Abu Dhabi GP, not only left a (nondescript) victory for Max Verstappen, but also many goodbyes. Some definitive of the competition, such as Kevin Magnussen de Haas, and others of his teams, such as those of Sebastian Vettel Ferrari the Carlos Sainz from McLaren.
The Madrid native will replace the German in the Scuderia, thus closing six years of the German’s not so successful in the team of Maranello. The poor 14th position With which Vettel closed his stage at Ferrari did not prevent it from being a special Sunday, full of dedications and details.
One of the most special was the one he dedicated himself to who has been one of his executioners in the Italian team. In the helmet exchange he did with Charles Leclerc, who during the weekend took a ‘Thanks Seb’ (Thanks Seb) Vettel wrote: “To Charles, you are the most talented driver I have come across in 15 years of F1. Don’t waste it.”
I learnt so much from you as a person and as a driver in these last two years together.
Thanks for pushing me to improve all the time, it’s been a honor to be your teammate, and I honestly wish you the very best.
Top driver and a Top Man pic.twitter.com/4UwsTT4spC– Charles Leclerc (@Charles_Leclerc) December 13, 2020
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In addition to this detail, at the Scuderia they had another with Vettel that will surely make you as excited or more excited. After the race, they gave him a trophy where they remembered the 14 victories they have achieved together. The German did not expect this surprise, much less the shape of that gift that, in view, is practically the same as that of the Champions League.
The gift to Sainz, a problem for the airport
Carlos Sainz will head to Maranello at the beginning of the year. After two seasons living between London and Woking, McLaren headquarters, he will move to Italy to live his time as a Ferrari driver.
In that move, he will have to take the gift that has been given him in which his team has been these last two years, although it will not be easy to transport: they have given him a pontoon, the side of the car, the MCL35 signed by all McLaren components, both those who go to the races and those who stay at the factory.
“I’m not sure how I’m going to handle it. He says Andreas (Seidl, his boss at McLaren) which is from the chassis of my accident in Russia, but I prefer to think that it is from my podium at Monza “, joked the Madrilenian.
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