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Binotto: The pandemic changed our situation with Seb

  The uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic changed Ferrari's stance in regards to keeping Sebastian Vettel, says team principal Mattia Binotto. Announced in May, Ferrari and Vettel are to part-ways after the end of the 2020 Formula 1 season after being unable to agree on the terms of a new contract. And while Vettel said in yesterday's drivers' press conference that he never received a contract offer, Binotto maintains he didn't deceive his driver. 'I certainly always said privately to him in winter and made it public that he was our first choice, I can confirm that,' Binotto told reporters on Friday in Austria. 'A lot of drivers asked us during the winter if there was a...
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