In Sebastian Vettel was more of a force to be reckoned with. Winning five races and failing to score only twice, the four-time champion finished second overall to Lewis Hamilton. A resurgence by his Ferrari team saw him lead the standings in the early part of the season. Thereafter, the effort of intense mechanical upgrading to match Mercedes contributed to uneven performances by the Italian team and its German driver.
Vettel took the series of setbacks personally. Episodes of clumsy driving suggested an element of desperation. Temper tantrums reinforced a reputation that he was prone to petulance. Starting from pole in Singapore he helped trigger a first-lap accident that ended his race and others, a costly miscue that effectively sabotaged his championship chances. In a season in which his Ferrari was often the better car, Sebastian Vettel again finished a troubled second best to his Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton.
There followed an all too familiar pattern of erratic performances by both driver and team, a loss of equilibrium in response to ever-increasing pressure from the ever-improving Hamilton-led Mercedes challenge. In the end, mindset mattered more than machinery at Ferrari. The sudden death of Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne had an adverse effect. The race team also made mistakes in judgement and strategy, lost ground in car development.
Blunders multiplied, confidence deteriorated, panic set in, morale slumped. Despite this being Ferrari's best year statistically in a decade, Vettel's five wins, only one of them after the summer break, fell far short of expectations and he readily accepted his share of the blame. It has been a quite difficult and exhausting year for me and the team. I don't think I need to change things upside down. But certainly I need to adjust and get stronger.
But his fifth Ferrari season was to prove even more challenging for the four-time champion, whose personal shortcomings that relegated him to fifth in the championship were overshadowed by the sensational debut of his talented and self-assured year-old rookie team mate Charles Leclerc, who scored 10 podiums including two wins, set a record seven pole positions and finished fourth overall, 24 points ahead of the year-old Vettel.
To his credit Sebastian Vettel again shouldered his portion of responsibility. This harsh truth came near the start of season when the team advised Vettel his contract would not be renewed for , when he would be replaced by rising Spanish star, year-old Carlos Sainz from McLaren.
He became dispirited and there was evidence of desperation in his driving. Feelings of rejection, humiliation, frustration left him in a state of emotional turmoil that was not conducive to performing well at the pinnacle of motorsport.
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