Vettel's Eco-Inspired Comeback? Former Champion Teases Future Project
May 15 - Sebastian Vettel says he isn't sure when he will return to the Formula 1 paddock.
The quadruple world champion has been completely absent since retiring as a race driver at the end of 2022.
"After such a long time in racing, I have something like an everyday life for the first time," he told the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag. "It took me some time to get used to it.
"Above all, I enjoy the time with my children," said the 35-year-old.
"It was strange at first not to be there," Vettel admitted. "But I'm getting on well and following the sport with great interest."
Aston Martin - Vettel's last Formula 1 team - has suddenly surged from seventh overall in the constructors' championship last year to regular podium finishes for his successor Fernando Alonso.
"I'm very happy for my former team," Vettel insisted. "They've worked hard in recent years so it's nice that they're clinching a few trophies now."
But when asked when he will pop up in the F1 paddock again, he answered: "I don't know yet."
Vettel will, however, return to a Formula 1 cockpit at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, at the wheel of his own former Nigel Mansell Williams from 1992 and others from his personal collection - including an Ayrton Senna McLaren from 1993.
They will be powered by 'alternative fuels' in line with Vettel's passion for environmentalism.
"Driving my old cars with e-fuels is one thing," Vettel said. "Then I'm letting myself be inspired, looking around a lot, collecting ideas.
"Let's see what ends up being a project. But so far I'm doing very well with my decision to retire.
"I do miss the competition and the excitement the most."
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He looks like a vagabond who needs a good bath, haircut and shave! Certainly not how you expect a multi millionaire former world champion to look! Maybe he's saving water.
I really don't believe he will come back to F1. He had discovered he has a family and other interests.
The pic was taken after a race, that is why he looks haggard. DUH
Alonso made a come-back, and he is well turned out individual. On top of that, he demonstrates a well-grounded attitude as evidenced by his statements. "The Shrub" making a come-back? Frankly, I hope not.
The Dame started the ruination of the F1 sport by introducing politics in the form of the Woke Agenda - starting with the BLM nonsense then moving on to the LGBTQ2SSMQUTR crowd, Diversity, human rights, et al. This on-going on and off-track display of entitlement and expectation of preferential treatment has heavily tarnished his outstanding abilities behind the wheel.
The Shrub rounded out the political ruination of F1 by focusing on the eco-fascist agenda. How he walks-back his blistering criticisms of F1 will be an exercise I look forward to witnessing. It'll require collusion on the part of the media who as a back-drop to so much they report use the 'climate-change' narrative. So that part, at least, is in the bag.
My wish for The Shrub, is that he stay exactly where he is, enjoying life and family, and staying away from F1.