{"id":22085,"date":"2014-05-28T06:58:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T10:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=22085"},"modified":"2014-05-28T06:58:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T10:58:43","slug":"vettel-denies-throwing-post-monaco-tantrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/vettel-denies-throwing-post-monaco-tantrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Vettel denies throwing post-Monaco tantrum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sebastian Vettel has denied throwing a tantrum after Sunday’s Monaco grand prix.<\/p>\n

\"Sebastian-Vettel-3\"It was in the glitzy Principality that the reigning quadruple world champion’s 2014 hit a new low, with problems not only in qualifying but also the race.<\/p>\n

“I heard that I kicked my helmet in the corner and shouted at the team!” the German said at the Red Bull Ring on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“I have no idea where that comes from.\u00a0 I prefer to find constructive solutions.<\/p>\n

“Of course it’s not going perfectly at the moment and I was not very happy when I got out of the car, but at the same time the boys were cheering for Daniel (Ricciardo).<\/p>\n

“I have to say he is doing a really good job, which I respect and say ‘Chapeau’.”<\/p>\n

On the other hand, it seems obvious that Vettel has also already said ‘Au revoir’ to a fifth title in 2014.<\/p>\n

“Red Bull can forget about the championship,” Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda told Austria’s O3 radio.<\/p>\n

But Vettel insists he is not giving up yet.<\/p>\n

“As long as everything is still mathematically possible, I keep fighting.\u00a0 We are still having blips but I think we are on the right track generally,” he said.<\/p>\n

Part of the reason the maths are still working out for Red Bull is because, at the Abu Dhabi finale, double points will controversially be on offer.<\/p>\n

“At the beginning we saw it differently,” Dr Helmut Marko smiled on Tuesday, “but now we are thrilled by this new rule!”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Vettel said he sees nothing sinister in the fact that all of the ‘bad luck’ is concentrated on his car in 2014, rather than Ricciardo’s.<\/p>\n

“Generally I don’t really like the word ‘luck’,” said Vettel.\u00a0 “There is always a reason when something goes wrong.”<\/p>\n

And Vettel said that every problem is another lesson for the team.\u00a0 Marko insisted Red Bull is not giving up on 2014.<\/p>\n

“After the shock of the winter, we have established ourselves as the second strongest team behind Mercedes,” Marko said.\u00a0 “It is not over yet.”<\/p>\n

Vettel agreed: “We are the second force.\u00a0 But it would be wrong to compete with the goal of coming second to Mercedes.”<\/p>\n

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