Vettel was heavily critical of Mattarella’s decision to have▨ a pre-race fly-by ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

The German was unhappy about the amount of carbon emissions it produced, claiming it was contradictory against🧔 F1’s goal of being net zero by 2030.

“I heard the president of Italy was insisting tಌo have the fly-by,” Vettel said. “I mean, he’s about 100 years old, so maꦐybe it’s difficult for him to let go of these kind of ego things.”

“F1 has announc🍌ed it intends to reduce its carbo𝐆n emissions to net zero by 2030. Allowing fly-bys contradicts that goal.

“The fly-bys, we were promised that they are gone and it seems that the president just has to change his mind and F1 gives in despite the boards around the track about 🍌certain goals when it comes to making the world a better place,” he said.

“If yo🐼u have a goal then you shouldn’t do like all the countr✃ies and just neglect the fact that you won’t achieve it,” Vettel added. “You should stick to the word you put out. But time will tell.”

“It is a great circ🤪uit, a great atmosphere,” he added. “[But] I hope they stop doing the fly-bys.”

, Geronimo La Russa, the president of the Automobile Club Milano, has defended th💙e decision for the fly-by to go ahead.

La Russa cl🔜aimed that the aircraft used a 25 perent biofuel mix to reduce emissions, and accused Vettel of 🌳“offending the president of the republic and all of us [Italians]".

He also asked Vettel t꧒o apologise for his comments.