How things change when Sebastian Vettel isn’t assimilating his opponents. Suddenly his ‘cool as a cucumber’ temparement has gone out the window!
In fact, he’s calling competitors cucumbers after the horrifying prospect of consecutive non-victories by Vettel was realised!
Two races into his title defence, cracks are already forming in the double World Champion’s psyche, after limping to eleventh at the Malaysia Grand Prix.
The German had the audacity to label HRTs Narain Karthikeyan a “cucumber” after Vettel, running fourth at the time, moved back onto the racing line too early in lapping the Indian, incurring a puncture.
Vettel tried to put across his “everybody’s best friend” joker personality, by stating that “as in real life, there are a few cucumbers on the road.”
It appears that the German’s true colours emerge when things finally don’t swing in his direction.
What’s more, Vettel evaded any blame for his first non-mechanical related non-points finish since Belgium 2010, citing radio communication problems as a primary factor in ruining his seemingly hand picked by God, naturally assumed victory.
“Today it was crucial to come in at the right time and having no radio meant we were delayed getting the messages and I didn’t hear anything from the team at the end” said the German.
Sebastian, you were running a distant fourth before the incident, nowehere near third-placed Lewis Hamilton, so it’s not as though you were cost a podium or victory!
As for the final lap — the on, off, on, off and on again calls for you to retire the car, well Sebastian, you were already eleventh then, that’s no points!
Has Vettel cracked?
(For the record, Karthikeyan incurred a twenty-second post-race penalty despite his innocence in the atrocity.)
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