Bahrain Grand Prix – The Vanilla Paradox

Seb speaks out ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix
The second Grand Prix weekend of the 2016 F1 season is just about to start at Bahrain International Circuit, and Sebastian Vettel draws a clear picture of the challenge ahead: “Here we will see the same Ferrari as we had in Melbourne, the same chassis. Last year we saw that Australia was not our strongest race. This year we are more competitive, we could say we are a bit closer, but then again we have different tyres, the weather is quite different, so it’s difficult to predict. We are working very hard.”
Much has been said and written about the qualifying format, which stays the same as at the previous GP. Seb gives his point of view in quite a unique way: “If you sell vanilla ice cream and everybody that comes to the shop asks for chocolate ice cream, the next day you open you are expected to sell chocolate ice cream, but instead you decide to sell vanilla ice cream again. So, I think that usually you do what your clients would like you to do, but you’re not really doing the job, I guess, if you do exactly the opposite.”
“We, the drivers, didn’t give any proposal [about qualifying]” Seb says. “We just made it clear that something is not right and that something has to change. We are drivers and we are not here to make the rules but I think for some decisions it would be beneficial to listen more to the drivers and to the fans. You have to do what’s the best for sport at the end. We just have to find the best system.”