Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene denies that there is any problems between himself and the team’s number one driver Sebastian Vettel, in the wake of comments he made insisting the four times world champion would have to earn an extension to his contract with the team.
During an interview in Austin, Arrivabene told Sky F1, “The team is united. Me and Sebastian have zero problem. So I don’t like to talk about a part of this interview, I would like to talk about us [the team]. We are united and committed to all do our best, that’s it.”
Vettel is also playing down talk of a rift between him and the Ferrari F1 chief, “We’re both trying to do our best in our fields. Obviously my field is very different to his, mine is mostly happening inside the car, but whatever I can do outside the car I’m trying to help.”
Vettel acknowledged that the team’s performance has fallen well below preseason expectations, “It’s not been an easy year, a lot of up and down. Obviously we had very high expectations and didn’t fulfill them, which doesn’t feel nice.”
“But knowing that this season has been a tough one, but brought a lot of change inside the factory and the company, and good progress I think it was very, very useful and the best one I’ve had of the two [at Ferrari].”
“We have a lot of work in front of us. I know we’re working very, very hard but still it’s a very steep mountain to climb. But everybody believes we can do it,” declared the German.
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