I see I see, are there any other rumours flosting around? And since you're vettel fan, do you ultimately think this is a good move for him? You are def right in saying v its weird/a shame vettel is practically a nobody outside of the f1 world when tbh his career has been fame hype gold...
Thinking back. Saward has said for YEARS (like, as far back as 2011) that Vettel had a deal in place with RB that if they didin't meet certain requirements he could leave for Ferrari.
Is it a good move? Ferrari have been by and large been an above average team since the 70's. They were trash in the 80's, worse most of the 90's till Schumi came (and even then it took two years to get in order and he brought EVERYONE that mattered from Benneton with him) and post Schumi they've struggled to year in year out build a winning car.
My first thought when I saw this was "That's not a good idea". But what I think Ferrari has suffered from is not having someone who is coming there to really try to BUILD a winning program. Kimi and Alonso aren't exactly dudes who are going to try and instill a winning mentality in everyone. Dudes are just tryna show up, test, and drive. I think this is a long-term legacy type ting for Seb, so I think it'll work out EVENTUALLY.
But Merc got things on lock for a little while. Unless Honda does what Honda does and brings in a game changing turbo engine for McLaren