Vettel uncut: his side of the story
It could be the moment that defines Sebastian Vettel. Faced with a choice of contrition or defiance over his Malaysian GP actions, he went flat-out on the latter course. AUTOSPORT's Jonathan Noble was there and brings you every word of his extraordinary interview.
The three-week gap since Malaysia and Red Bull's 'multi 21' team orders controversy had served only to stoke the feverish anticipation for Sebastian Vettel's first at-length reflections on the matter when the Formula 1 circus reconvened in China on Thursday.
While Webber took the high ground in the official FIA press conference, insisting the matter was sorted and it was time to move on, Vettel did anything but during a remarkable media briefing just afterwards.
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Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.
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