The German Ferrari driver seems “quiet”, yet “is exceptionally enthusiastic and energetic under the skin”.
Wolff included: “This has influenced him to win titles previously. This year, it has disappointed him.
“Lewis by differentiate has developed as an identity and as a driver and outside the car and that made him extremely solid.”
Wolff’s comments, in a selective meeting for the BBC 5 live Formula 1 survey appear, were a reference to two key occurrences that influenced Vettel’s title crusade.
The first was in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, when Vettel intentionally crashed into Hamilton’s car in a red-fog minute incited by his incorrect conviction that Hamilton had given him a ‘brake test’.
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The second was the begin line crash in Singapore, when Vettel’s forceful swerve over the track hastened a multi-car heap up that took out both Ferraris, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Fernando Alonso.
The occurrences cost Vettel no less than 30 focuses in what had been until Singapore a tight fight with Hamilton.
On Baku, Wolff stated: “We quickly took a gander at the information to see whether you could see something like a brake test and we couldn’t perceive any of that.
“In any case, Sebastian’s feeling and outrage just fled with him at that time. He would be the first to recognize in the event that he could turn back time, he wouldn’t do it once more.”
What’s more, about Singapore Wolff stated: “I don’t know whether it was weight or not. Sebastian realized that to score 25 focuses (for a win) in Singapore, he needs to lead the race after the begin. What’s more, he attempted to come in solid and with the absence of perceivability in these cars he just set off a chain response.”
