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Button sceptical over Ferrari's pandemic excuse for axing Vettel
Jenson Button believes Ferrari's decision to axe four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel due to the pandemic to be "a very strange excuse". Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has claimed that while Vettel was still the Scuderia's first option in February when the SF1000 was launched, the onset of Covid-19 and the financial implications that came with it changed thinking. Article continues under video But 2009 world champion Button has questioned Binotto's argument. Speaking on Sky Sports F1, Button said: "It's a very strange excuse, the pandemic, because he just cut him off and said 'Your services are not needed next year'. "This is a four-time world champion,...
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