Personally i would split 2017 and 2018.siskue2005 wrote: ↑19 May 2020, 15:02Really? 2017 and 2018 Ferrari had really good car, almost equal and faster in most races and still they didnt win cozmika vs michael wrote: ↑19 May 2020, 14:50You don't become a 4 time world champion by obeying team orders that are against you. Vettel was not Ferraris biggest problem. Ferraris biggest problem was some aspects of the car. and that Mercedes was better in many fields.
Was it because
a. Poor car
b. Faster opposition
c. Lack of No.1 status
d. Spinning
I always admired Vettel, no one can have 50 odd wins and 4 WDC without having some talent
but the last few years ferrari could have been 2 times champions if it was a consistent and error free Vettel
Maybe many have forgotten but this should refresh their memory
In 2017 late season reliability hurt a lot more than "Vettel mistakes" which amounted to the very arguable Singapore start.
The car also wasn't quite as fast as the Merc on most tracks.
In 2018 the Vettel did make a lot more mistakes, though keep in mind Ferrari also lost their way with development, i'd say they had the edge until Monza but then updates stopped working and they didn't even know what was hurting their performance.