Why Ferrari hasn't lost faith in Vettel

Sebastian Vettel had a tough 2019 Formula 1 campaign, as errors and Charles Leclerc meant the balance of power at Ferrari shifted. But flashes of his brilliance remained, and Ferrari has not quite given up on him just yet

Jonathan Noble Jan 30, 2020, 11:21 AM

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There were times last year when it would not have been a big surprise if Sebastian Vettel had decided that Formula 1 was no longer for him.

This was especially true after the Italian Grand Prix, when the critics were on his back. Many in the anti-Vettel camp were suggesting that his time was up after his Monza race had effectively ended with an unforced spin, while teammate Charles Leclerc became the darling of the tifosi with a sensational win.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.

Jonathan has won multiple awards for journalism - in 1991 he was the winner of the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Sir William Lyons’ Award for young journalists, in 2010 he was awarded the Outstanding Individual accolade for consumer journalism in the Haymarket wards, in 2011 he won Haymarket’s Scoop of the Year, and in 2018 he was awarded a prestigious Medaglia d’Oro at the Lorenzo Bandini Awards for his contribution to F1 journalism.