El Indoda yaseNorthern Irish u-Eddie Irvien, owayengumshayeli weFerrari, ugxeke uSebastian Vettel kabuhlungu.. Futhi konke kuvela kwezinye izitatimende azenza yena ekuqaleni konyaka, ethi uSebastian wayeyifolishi yenganono eduze kwethalente likaCharles Leclerc osemusha. Manje, ngemva kwemiphumela yale sizini efakazela ukuthi u-Eddie ulungile, wayefuna ukuziqinisa phambi kwabezindaba, ngamazwi ahlabayo kakhulu kumshayeli waseJalimane.
I-F1 yangaphambili ijoyina kanjalo imvula yokugxeka efikile kuVettel evela e-Italy. U-Seb ungomunye wabashayeli abanomqhudelwano womhlaba omningi kakhulu, 4, ofaniswe/wedlulwa abashayeli abambalwa emlandweni, kodwa mhlawumbe lowo onikezwe inani elincane kakhulu ngezenzo zakhe nangendlela aziwine ngayo lezo zicoco. Futhi yilapho izitatimende zika-Eddie Irvine zihamba khona, kusukela Isikhundla sesi-5 emhlabeni kulo nyaka njengoba kusele imijaho emibili futhi enamaphuzu angama-230, ayibonisi noma inikeze isisekelo esiqinile sokuphikisa okushiwo ngum-Irishman.
U-Eddie Irvine uzwakalise ukuthi: "Ngasho ekuqaleni konyaka, futhi wonke umuntu wahlanya kancane, ukuthi uVettel wayeyisisulu esilula. Bengicabanga ukuthi uLeclerc ubenethuba elihle lokumshaya ngoba Angicabangi ukuthi uVettel ungumpetha womhlaba ofanelekile izikhathi ezine. Ngicabanga ukuthi ungumshayeli onekhono, kodwa wenza amaphutha amaningi futhi angikaze ngicabange ukuthi unejubane elingaka.» Kodwa akubanga yiyona kuphela lento ayishilo, usephinde waba namazwi kuFerrari nabaphathi bayo...
«Siyayibona kulo nyaka. Sikubonile ngesizini yakhe ebhekene noDaniel Ricciardo futhi siyayibona futhi noLeclerc. UVettel uthole isivumelwano esimangalisayo neFerrari. Kungimangazile ukuthi bahambe nayo ngoba isisesigabeni lapho iwele khona. Ngicabanga ukuthi uFerrari kufanele agxile kuLeclerc, kodwa sesibonile ukuthi uVettel akadelelwanga kule sizini ngoba ungumpetha womhlaba izikhathi ezine. Bahlulwe ukunqoba ngenxa yaleso sizathu. […] Ngimazi kahle uMattia Binotto. Ubengunjiniyela wami wangaphambili futhi uyindoda ehlakaniphile, epholile kakhulu, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi lena ngenye yezinto okunzima ukuyiqeda, ngoba Ngicabanga ukuthi uVettel angalimaza amathuba kaLeclerc okunqoba isicoco ngokwanele, into engingacabangi ukuthi uBottas angayenza ku-Hamilton. […] U-Hamilton uhlala ecekela phansi i-Vettel ngesikhathi esisodwa. Uma ubheka lokho uLeclerc akwenza kuHamilton eMonza, cishe kwakungekho emthethweni, kodwa kwenziwa ngokuphelele kangangokuthi kwakunzima ukumjezisa ngakho. Kwenziwe kahle kakhulu yingakho nganginentshisekelo yokubona uLeclerc exabana kakhulu noHamilton.«