“I haven’t made a decision yet,” Vettel puts the brakes on the gathering momentum of the discussion at AFP, just cheering her on again: “I want to win,” he concedes. “Finishing outside the top 10 is not what I’m here for.”
A sentence that is tantamount to a declaration of resignation. Because the Heppenheimer made it to eighth place in Imola. However, only because the weather conditions have concealed the weaknesses of his Aston Martin. Vettel is miles away from victories. He links his contract extension precisely with this: “It depends on how the year goes.”
Sebastian Vettel’s Formula 1 contract expires.
The fact that Vettel no longer has to continue in the premier class at any price is also due to his personal development. The fight for environmental protection and equality is now at least as important to him as the perfect circle drive at the limit.
What’s more, his bad conscience bothers him more and more often. He recently emphasized on the BBC that he loves his sport, “but of course when I get out of the car I also think: Is that something we should do – travel around the world and waste resources?”
One thing is certain: since becoming a father, Vettel has focused more on the future than the present: “We have to make sure that we live on a planet that will be as pleasant tomorrow as it is today,” he demands.
DS Automobiles offers Vettel a non-binding Formula E test.
Alone: Vettel would also like to be seen in the DTM – as a partner of the management. DTM boss Gerhard Berger to AUTO BILD: “I could well imagine Sebastian as a partner, for example as an ambassador for our electric project.”
Vettel does not want to live completely without motorsport even after retiring. “It’s what I love,” he insists. Vettel already knows which role he definitely doesn’t see himself in in the future: “I’m not going to be a TV expert.”
