Sebastian Vettel says the Ferrari Formula 1 team “didn’t write anything in stone” about its team o🌸rders policy while discussing its Russian Grand Prix controversy.

Ten🍰sions rose at the Scuderia as Vettel failed to stick to a pre-race agreement to switch positions with Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc after the Russian GP polesitter had towed Vettel into an early lead in Sochi🌳.

Leclerc, who went on to finish third behind the Mercedes duo after Vettel retired, insisted Ferrari’s stance on team orders is 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“clear now” following what he d🦋escribed as a “misunderstanding”﷽.

Addressing the media ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, Vettel had his say on the situation, adding:♓ “We spoke about it obviously, 🅰more than once.

“We speak witꦅh each other. Maybe different to what some people think. But I think it’s pretty clear. We didn’t write anything in stone. I don’t think it’s necessary.

“Probably there’s certain things that we could’ve𓆏 done better looking back but in the end we look forward to this race and the next race🐬s. So not worried too much.”

After a difficult beginning to the start of his Ferrari career, Leclerc has gone on to out-qualify Vettel at the last nine races on the bounce, recording four strai🔥ght pole positions and two victories to the ꧒German’s solitary win in Singapore during that time.

Lecler🔴c’s resurgence has seen him move up to third spot in the championship standings, 21 points clear of Vettel.

Asked if Lec🗹lerc’s recent form had influenced his ༺decision to ignore team orders in Sochi, Vettel replied: “No, not at all.

“Obviously I’m not happy if I൲ am slower, whether i🐎t’s practice, qualifying or race but that has been the same, not just this year but years before as well.

“There are certain things this year I’ve struggled with here and there with theꩲ car which didn’t allow me to extract my best, I don’t think it would have been any different if anyone else was in the car.

“Charles is doing a very good job, but I think it’s largely - a🌞nd I genuinely believe it’s first a race againsജt yourself and then the others.

“In that regard, I struggled to extract what I know I have in me. On other side, it also very quickly looks different on the outside than it d⛄oes on the inside.

“There hav✅e been races where things didn’t fall into place and therefore things didn’t look great on the outside. But I 🧜think we were tackling the right things on the inside. So I’m not worried.”