Sebastian Vettel has defended criticism of another ‘boring’ Formula 1 race in Canada, by suggesting not all games in the upcoming World Cup will be classics.
In the top 10, only Daniel Ricciardo, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc moved up from their grid positions and even then only Leclerc produced an overtake outside of the opening lap or through the pit-stop phase.
The largely processional race followed an equally dull Grand Prix in Monaco, despite Pirelli bringing the three softest compounds and the FIA installing three DRS zones around the circuit.
“Life’s like this, or racing… racing’s probably like this,” Vettel, who led every lap en route to victory suggested.
“I don’t think it’s justified to criticise the racing or criticise this race. I don’t know if it was boring.
“From my point of view, obviously, it’s still busy inside the car no matter where you are but I don’t like… I don’t know why people today are so short-sighted.”
The run of three more lacklustre spectacles came after three close, competitive events in Bahrain, China and Baku which is the analogy Vettel used when talking about the upcoming football tournament.
“We had seven races this year, I think some were phenomenal, some were boring – but next week the World Cup is starting and I promise you that a lot of the games will not be exciting – but still people will watch it – but some games will be incredible,” he said.
“That’s what we always look forward to – but it can’t just always continue to go up and get better.”
The Ferrari driver even points out that in an ideal situation, drama is often what teams want the least.
“I think we do our job inside the car and if we can race, we race but obviously, we also do our job inside the car and try to avoid racing. Disappear, stay in front, or not get overtaken,” Seb claimed.
“Some races are just exciting and others are not.”