German Red Bull driver Vettel has been criticized by the German press for the mistakes he has made this season, and are even suggesting his season is over if he doesn't stay out of trouble for the remaining six races of the year.
The German Auto und Motorsport magazine reported Vettel made a number of rookie mistakes this year. In Turkey he eliminated himself and almost his team colleague Mark Webber as well when he assumed Webber would move out of the way, and they also criticized him for the safety car misunderstanding in Hungary, which again cost him a lot of points.
After the accident with Button in Belgium the German press blames him of being too impatient, and suggest he should first think before he tries a risky maneuver.
Niki Lauda also urged Vettel to use his brains in his column for Bild magazine.
Please Sebastian! You are a super talent in Formula One, but by taking unnecessary risks you will again destroy your chances for the championship.And the former three-time world champion continued, "One more mistake like in Spa and the championship is over. I understand he is under pressure after he has lost so many points, also due to technical problems, but if you look at Webber you will see he gets better and better each race, and makes less and less mistakes, although he is under the same enormous pressure as Vettel is."
Bild also headlined: "Vettel: Crash, chaos, title gone!", and quoted McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh, "He is a real crash kid, this wasn't the first time this year, he is still learning, but we are now the victim [of his mistakes]."
Bild also criticized Vettel's overtaking maneuver on Vitantonio Liuzzi, again he was accused of being too impatient to overtake the Italian, which in the end cost him the chance of scoring any points. The German press also suggests Vettel is not experienced enough, and hasn't learned anything from the mistakes he has made in the past.
Ex-McLaren team principal Ron Dennis was also present at Spa and told another German magazine about the incident with Button, "He could have avoided this accident, and he was lucky he got away with only a drive-through penalty. It is good if he pushes it to the limit, it is good when you attack, but there are many sayings in motor sport, and one of them is:
If you want to finish first, you first have to finish.
