Sebastian Vettel insists that financial matters “played no part” in his shock ex🌃it from the Ferrari Formula 1 team.

On Tuesday morning Ferrari 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:confirme🃏d Vettel would be leaving the team after six years at the end of the 2020 season following reports in Ge💜rman media overnight which claimed contract talks had broken down between both sides.

It had been suggested that Ferrari was only willing to offer a one-year deal on significantly reduced terms, but Vettel says🐬 the decision to part ways was be𝓡cause they no longer have a “common desire to stay together”.

“In order to get the best possible results in🔴 this sport, it’s vital for all parties to work in perfect harmony,” Vettel said.

“The team and I have realised t🦹hat there is no longer a common desire to stay together beyond the end of this seasℱon.

“Financial matters have played no ♎part in this joint decision. That’s not the way I think when it comes to making certain c🔯hoices and it never will be.

“What’s been happening in these past few months has ⛦led many of💝 us to reflect on what are our real priorities in life.

“One needs to use one’s imagination and to adopt a new approach to a situation that has 𓆏changed. I myself will take the time I need to reflect on what really matter🔯s when it comes to my future.”

Vettel’s position as the de facto number on🎃e driver at Ferrari appeared to be under threat following the arrival of Charles Leclerc, who turned in a sensational maiden campaign at the Scuderia on his way to beating the four-time world champio🐎n in the championship standings last year.

Ferrari rewarded Leclerc with a long-term extension over the winter that has tied him down to until the end of 2024, while Vettel was consigned to his worst result since ཧleaving Red Bull with uncertainty lingering over his future heading into theꦺ final year of the three-year contract he signed back in 2017.

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto stressed Vettel’s dep🐬arture was a joint-decision and was not influenced by money.

“This is a decision taken jointly by ourselves and Sebastian, one which both parties feel is for the be꧋st,” he explained.

“It was not an easy decision to reach, given Seღbastian’s worth 🥂as a driver and as a person.

“There was n🐠o specific reason that led to꧃ this decision, apart from the common and amicable belief that the time had come to go our separate ways in order to reach our respective objectives.”

Leclerc 🅠paid tribute to Vettel on social media and said he “neveꦐr learnt so much as I did with you as my teammate”.

It's been a huge honor for me to be your team mate. We've had some tense moments on tracks. Some very good ones and some others that didn't end as we both wanted, but there was always respect, even though it wasn't perceive this way from the outside.
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— Charles Leclerc (@Charles_Leclerc)