Maranello bells quick to ring for new-look Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel

After 34 grands prix without a win, Malaysia finally produced a victory after an in-house drama like no other

• Sebastian Vettel breathes life into the F1 season

There were tears in the drivers’ weighing room after last weekend’s grand prix in Malaysia, and tears in the paddock, too. Sebastian Vettel wept as he prepared to celebrate his first win for Ferrari, and the eyes of the team’s technical director, James Allison, moistened as he spoke of the significance of the day’s events. “Every team works hard,” he told the Sky Sports F1 team, “but Ferrari works hard with the weight of history on its shoulders.”

Hence the mass release of emotion not only at the Sepang circuit but back in Maranello, where the bells of the parish church are traditionally rung to celebrate victories for the local team. This was the first call for the bellringers since May 2013, when Fernando Alonso won his home race at the Circuit de Catalunya. The winless run of 34 races was the Scuderia’s longest in 21 years.

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