Vettel blames Pirelli after the deluge in Monaco

In Monaco, Sebastian Vettel once again demonstrated that he could extract something from an underperforming Aston Martin. Making it to Q3 on Saturday, securing an impressive ninth place on the grid, Monaco being a track where overtaking is challenging, the four-time world champion would be able to fight for points on Sunday.

Eleventh on the track at the checkered flag, the German driver is reclassified as tenth after the penalty of Esteban Ocon ahead of him and thus scores a nice point in the Principality. “At least we don’t go home empty-handed,” says Vettel. “From that point of view, it was still damage limitation.”

But after the race, beyond his impressive performance, Vettel wanted to express his anger towards the wet tires, the blue-striped compound. « I struggled a lot with the wet tires, they were just extremely slow. They are way too hard for this track and even for Imola they were too hard. They are just bad tires. »

« I remember the days when we could have driven in such conditions. But with these tires, it’s impossible. Rain tires are fundamentally useless. They may seem good, but they really do nothing. As soon as you can switch to intermediates, you do it.

» Sebastian Vettel is indeed one of the first drivers to have switched to intermediate tires, on lap 6.

The next Formula 1 race is in Baku. Last season, Vettel secured a very impressive second place, taking advantage of the circumstances. Will he be able to deliver another great performance on Azerbaijani soil? The answer will come in two weeks.