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Schumacher help + Alonso blindsided: When Ferrari signed Vettel

Schumacher help + Alonso blindsided: When Ferrari signed Vettel

·Updated 58 mins ago·41 pts
Fernando AlonsoFerrari

TL;DR

Ferrari's Vettel signing was meant to be a dream team, but the story involves Schumacher's help and Alonso being blindsided.

  • Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari deal was intended to create a dream team.
  • Schumacher provided assistance during the process.
  • Alonso was caught off guard by Ferrari's decision to sign Vettel.

From The Race · 1 hr ago

Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari should've been an F1 dream team. Edd Straw and Mark Hughes sort the fact from the fiction of how it came together

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