Vettel plays down F1 quit claims
Sebastian Vettel has denied suggestions he could soon quit F1.
Heavily criticised for his start to the 2019 season, some believe the German will struggle to have his Ferrari contract renewed beyond its expiry late next year.
Not just that, Vettel recently admitted there are aspects of today's F1 'show' that he doesn't like.
He also dislikes how the modern media reacts.
"Out of nowhere things are blown up, and a week later it's forgotten. I cannot identify with that," Vettel told Bild am Sonntag newspaper.
This week, his friend Bernie Ecclestone suggested that if F1 starts to put Vettel's family life out of "balance", he will retire.
"Well, I'm certainly not going to be in formula one as long as he was, that's for sure," Vettel said of the 88-year-old former F1 supremo.
"I don't know, to be honest. At the moment I feel on top of my game, I feel that I know what I'm doing and I'm very, very self-critical, very ambitious and I put a lot of expectation on myself," he added.
"I love driving, I love the sensation of speed, I love fighting with these guys, so there's a lot of things that at the moment I really like and I'll miss so that's why it's not an option to quit tomorrow," said Vettel.
"I've got the contract but that's a piece of paper and then we see what happens."
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Vettel should acknowledge Leclerc should No 1, and he should take on a support role, so he can provide unique input into Leclerc’s progress.
Bullshit why should he .Time for a lot of armchair critic's to shut up and watch
Well said.
You're been listening too much to the BBCF1 & Fox sport critiques of Vettel> They hate him, for what reason? it's a mystery to me.He's written off far too soon and he'll prove it
I say lets wait a couple more race and if the situation does't improve than something got to be done about the problem.
There is something terribly, terribly wrong with F1 when a 19 yr old can mix it with the best.
Why? If you look at the history, things were different. How old was Fangio when he retired? Many drivers drove well past their forties. These days everybody wants to consider them over the hill after thirties. I doubt that a driver who has driven 5 times on a certain track has a fivefold advantage over a driver who is driving on it for the first time. Age, experience, skill, and aptitude are not particularly correlated in car racing. Being good may come with experience, but experience comes with being wrong. If Ferrari will have Leclerc drive for them, they should treat him as that: their driver, and not as their future driver.
In racing cars they used to drift cars around corners (no wings) use a clutch to change gears and to accelerate from a standing start. That took years to perfect- there were very few young drivers who could match the masters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xg4Fr9SY04
Yes, and.....? All of that is gone. All we hear now about is how many 10ths of a second per lap one car is faster than the other. Constant complaints about impossible passing conditions. Why don't the "masters" perfect the art of passing and have younger drivers eat their dust? Leclerc has passed the cars in front of him just as adeptly as did Hamilton and Vettel.
Simon You got it in one....... Thanks.
We need Seb to stay in F1 and his critics should latch onto somebody else who is far lesser driver than Vettel and I am convinced that they would run out of comments and possibly lose their earnings as people would not be too interested in what they have to say about the rest of the field.So I say to them "get off Vettel's back and give him breathing space"! He knows what he needs to do but Ferrari must give him the car which can take him to victory as so far this season Seb's car appears to have been sluggish and it certainly has not been as fast as Leclerc's so we have witnessed those tricky team orders and in the end nobody really benefitted from the situation as neither drivers won and now they are well behind the Mercedes. I just hope that Ferrari wakes up soon and put their priorities in a right order, otherwise it will be Mercs. drivers battling it out between themselves for the title. What's the point of watching F1 if we know who is the winner already ?
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