Sebastian Vettel says his controversial collision with Lewis Hamilton in Baku was a bigger mistake than any of the supposed driver errors which cost Ferrari the title this year.
Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne this week said a combination of driver "misjudgement" and technical issues played a role in the Italian squad failing to capture either championship. The team had been well placed to challenge for the drivers' championship until three successive setbacks in Asia for Sebastian Vettel derailed his championship fight against Lewis Hamilton.
While appeared to be referencing Marchionne the Singapore Grand Prix, where polesitter Vettel had drifted to the left off the line and into a race-ending collision with Max Verstappen and teammate Kimi Raikkonen -- allowing Hamilton to win -- another error stands out in the German's mind: the moment he drove alongside his title rival during a Safety Car period at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and angrily drove into the side of the No.