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COULTHARD speculates: Was VETTEL brought in just to polish the reputation of the young STROLL?

David Coulthard doesn’t believe Sebastian Vettel will find his old form at Aston Martin again. The Scot even speculates that they want to polish the reputation of teammate Lance Stroll with the German.

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But there was engagement Sebastian Vettl is a marketing chess move Lawrence Stroll? This is what the former Formula 1 racer imagines David Coulthard. Remember that it is Hag last year had at Ferrari bad season, and yet it is Aston Martin lured into their ranks. To this end, they separated from Sergio Pereza, who proved his athletic value and also brought Mexican sponsors to the team.

Za Coulthard is engagement German possibly just a campaign for raising reputation. "I wonder if this isn’t about raising the brand’s reputation. It's not necessarily an Aston Martin, it's a Lance Stroll,”The former racer said in a podcast On the Marbles. Because if he will be the son of the team owner Lawrence Stroll regularly beating a four-time world champion would greatly increase its market value. At that time, the young are valid Stroll mainly for paid racer, which is in Formula 1 only thanks his father’s money, although he has already celebrated some successes. Victory against Vettel however, it could change that.

David Coulthard speculates that Lawrence Stroll brought Sebastian Vettl to his Aston Martin team with only one purpose: to raise the reputation of his son Lance - Photo: Bojan Vrbnjak

"Then this justifies why the future Formula 1 world champion should be" so Coulthard. "I’m not saying it is, and I’m also not saying it’s not, but there are still some doubts about where it actually ranks." Scots also doubts whether it can Hag after a sporting fall over the years, it is back on track again. Otherwise, he brings it to his team izkušnje and knows how to get to the finish line safely, but: “I don't see how I could find mine again," so Coulthard. Also Vettel former teammate Mark Webber has concerns when it comes to the competitiveness of the German. “How many rounds does he still have in his rifle? I don't know that,” he says Australianwho is sure he will Vettel at Aston Martin felt better than in Maranello. “However, this is not automatically reflected in the performances in the car."

Vettl 's former teammate at Red Bullu, Mark Webber, no longer recognizes the German and emphasizes that he is not the type of racer who would drive in the middle of the field - Photo: Bojan Vrbnjak

Webber no longer recognizes the same Vettel, who dominated him over the years on the team Red Bull. And on top of that, he wonders if he wants to race towards the end of his career in the middle of the field. "No matter what color the race car is and that, but the middle of the oil is still the middle of the field. And Seb is not the type of man for the middle of the field,He added Webber. "The team is on a journey and he understands that. But how will this affect his motivation? I’m a little worried about how this year’s season will go for him."

Coulthard adds that if Stroll regularly beats Vettl at Aston Martin, as Leclerc did at Ferrari, it will be a real failure for the German and he can't imagine how Vettel will drive the season to the end - Photo : HB Press

Introductory race c Bahrain it was already anything but dazzling. Otherwise, they speak in his favor circumstances with yellow flags on qualifiers and one-stop strategy on the race, but by colliding with Oconom has already made a mistake he could have prevented. Lance stroll he caught a better start to the season anyway. For Coulthard would be a failure if it will Hag regularly defeated by Stroll. "If Stroll will do to himself what Leclerc did to him at Ferrari, then I don’t see how he can drive the season to an end."                  

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