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Binotto: COVID-19 pandemic changed Ferrari’s stance on Vettel
Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Mattia Binotto says the COVID-19 pandemic swayed the team’s decision not to offer Sebastian Vettel a new contract. Speaking ahead of this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, Vettel, who will be replaced by McLaren’s Carlos Sainz in 2021, revealed “there was never an offer on the table” from Ferrari for next year. Binotto reiterated his stance from earlier this year by saying that Vettel was always Ferrari’s “first choice” to partner Charles Leclerc next year, but explained how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the final call, with a number of cost-cutting measures - including a lowered budget cap - implemented as a direct result of the crisis....
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