‘Rage quit’ isn’t a phrase heard thrown around in Formula One.

However, when Sebastian Vettel pulled himself out of his Ferrari at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix apparently intent on abandoning the podium ceremony in disgust, the pinnacle of motorsport seemed destined for a dose of the stuff in world champion proportions.


The Monaco Grand Prix Strategy Report podcast features Sky Sports F1’s Ted Kravitz.

Everyone needs to settle down. Just relax. Be calm. It’s just a race and another Ferrari loss. Chill. Please.

If you were monitoring that renowned bastion of reasonable and level-headed debate known as Twitter during the Canadian Grand Prix, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Formula One had folded overnight, never to be seen again among the ranks of top-tier motorsport.

Could Nico Hulkenberg go to Red Bull Racing? Is Sebastian Vettel about to retire? We have no idea, but not much else happened this week, so we speculate wildly ahead of Mercedes’s victory at the Canadian Grand Prix.