The four-time F1 world champion has been gone for 3 years however hasn’t strayed too removed from the game and hypothesis has continued that he might make a return to motion
Sebastian Vettel has dominated out making an F1 comeback – insisting his time on the prime of the game is “over”.
The 4 time world champion retired on the finish of the 2022 season, as he sought to spend extra time along with his household and pursue different passions away from motorsport.
That led him again into training, engaged on environmental tasks and selling girls’s karting in Saudi Arabia – in addition to punditry work on F1. In 2024 he was touted as a alternative for Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes and Sergio Perez at Purple Bull, however the 38-year-old has at all times caught by his choice that he received’t return behind the wheel in F1.
And that’s one thing he continues to insist upon, telling Auto Motor und Sport: “Formulation One is over. In some unspecified time in the future, the time is ripe to go away the sector to others. You’ll be able to see that particularly with the rookies.
“I believe it is good that a complete group of drivers has been changed. This is not a vote in opposition to the previous drivers, however fairly for the younger drivers. I did not care previously which of the established drivers was now not racing. The principle factor is that I get to drive.”
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Vettel remains to be eyeing an try on the Le Mans 24 hour race nonetheless, even placing collectively a full-time programme within the WEC. He accomplished check drives in Porsche’s 963 Hypercar, however was not chosen within the producer’s lineups for both 2024 or 2025.
“I do not wish to rule out the chance that one thing may come of it,” he mentioned. “There have been discussions, however one way or the other it hasn’t labored out but.”
Discussing his change in angle in the direction of WEC racing, Vettel continued: “To be sincere, I wasn’t that fascinated about endurance racing from my lone fighter perspective. I see it in a different way now. I discover it extremely thrilling, this workforce construction, sharing a automobile, and making compromises.”
He added: “In motorsport, it is tough to say: I am going to solely drive half the races. The WEC would truly be match with its eight races, that are additionally structured in a different way than Formulation One.”
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