Hungarian Grand Prix: Sebastian Vettel announced that his driving time in Formula 1 will come to an end this season.
Yesterday, Vettel created an Instagram account, his first social media account, and the first posts were around noon today, with the four-time world champion uploading videos of him pronouncing his retirement in English and German.
Vettel made his Formula 1 debut in 2007 with BMW Sauber when he replaced the injured Robert Kubica at the US Grand Prix. He won his first point with a P8 in the race. After this presentation, he was able to attend the last seven races. of the season for Toro Rosso after succeeding Scott Speed.
The following season, Vettel gave Toro Rosso its first pole position and its first victory after a rainy race at Monza for the Italian Grand Prix. In 2009, the young German joined Red Bull’s core team and became an unstoppable force in the next one. years with 4 consecutive world championships, drivers and teams, from 2010 to 2013.
Following adjustments to the technical regulations for the 2014 season, Mercedes regained the dominant position of the team and Vettel switched to Ferrari in 2015 and there were many poles, podiums and victories, he may simply not imitate Michael Schumacher and win a championship for the Scuderia.
After six seasons in the red car, Vettel moved to Aston Martin for 2021 and gave the team its first podium with a P2 in Azerbaijan. Vettel is about to see his Formula 1 career with the British team, if all goes well. Unfortunately, for the rest of the season, the German will narrowly miss the seventh motive force adjustment to reach three hundred races and sign with 299 after missing the first two rounds this year due to covid (and a DNS in Bahrain 2016 when his engine exploded on the formation lap).
Today, media day before the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, Vettel was able to talk about his resolution, which he said the idea gave him a lot of idea and the final resolution in his long career was only made on Wednesday.
“The final resolution was made yesterday,” Vettel said, “to tell the team that I’m going to prevent and that I’m not going to continue, but there’s been a lot of idea about it, so yes, I think it’s the right thing to do. “time for me to do anything else.
“It also means a lot of time in your head, in your thoughts, but also physically away from home, young people, family, and I have cultivated other things. In addition to the young people who are developing, there are other interests and problems. “I see and forget those voices.
“So eventually, yes, I think the issues are getting bigger and more central at a point where I made the resolution. It’s not a hundred percent or 0 percent resolution, it’s not like I hate racing from now on; I still love racing, but most of them are likely to take me in another direction. I am not going down a path, because it is my resolution, but I am satisfied to go in another direction.
“In all honesty, I’m also afraid of what’s coming because it may just be a hole,” he revealed. “I don’t know how deep it is or if I’m going to go through it. But I think I have a lot of support, many other people who have helped me all the way so far, and will continue to help me and give me guidance, recommendations and I hope to make the right decisions also in the long term to progress and further editing of myself in 10 years.
Vettel added that he is ahead in his last ten races and now that the resolution has been made, it is anything he does not think of and he will be able to enjoy the rest of the season.
“I feel like, evidently, this resolution has been in my head for so long and has consumed so much energy, to be honest, and maybe it has even distracted me a little bit, that I’m quite relieved and I’m looking ahead for the next race. “
Vettel will leave the game with 4 championships, 53 wins (for now anyway) and a number of F1 records under his belt, as well as being the youngest world champion, equalling Schumacher for the most wins in a season (13), having the most consecutive wins (the last nine races of 2013, and having a short career in F1 before receiving a penalty: fined for running in the pit lane nine seconds after his first appearance in FP1 as a controlling driving force for BMW Sauber at the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix (however, he caught up in FP2 when he beat the times).
The video of Vettel’s announcement was also uploaded to YouTube via Aston Martin, but if you prefer, the full text was discovered on the F1 website.
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