Sebastian Vettel has become a comprehensive Formula 1 driver ever since, with spells at Red Bull, Ferrari, and currently Aston Martin.
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After he made his debut with BMW-Sauber in a one-off race at the United States Grand Prix, finishing ninth, Sebastian Vettel has been a Formula One driver since 2007. Red Bull signed him to their Toro Rosso squad, and he returned to the grid later that season. He has become a comprehensive Formula 1 driver ever since, with spells at Red Bull, Ferrari, and currently Aston Martin. He is one of the most successful drivers in the sport, having won four Drivers’ Championships, 53 Grands Prix, and 57 pole positions.
Vettel was questioned if retirement scared him, to which he said “Yes, I have done motor racing for my whole life and it gives you security, in terms of the schedule being made by other people. I don’t know what life after Formula 1 looks like and I don’t think any sports person knows what the next life looks like. You can have certain things lined up but you don’t know and that is the truth.” Expressed Vettel.
The Aston Martin driver feels that he has been lucky once with his life as a Formula One driver and feels that one doesn’t get lucky time and again. According to him he has no hopes of finding something he is equally good at after retirement. “I don’t expect to find something tomorrow which I am really good at because I have found something in my life that I am really good at and it is hard to find that again. How many times can you win the lottery?”
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“I enjoy driving the car but there are other things I don’t like. After so many years the usual stuff comes up that you don’t understand at the beginning, like the travel. It is very time consuming and I have kids at home and a family so it equals time away from them. The future depends on this year and the races that I have coming up. I have not decided yet. The summer is the usual time when you start to talk so we will see.” opined Vettel.
Mike Krack, the Aston Martin team chief, has expressed his desire to keep Vettel on board, but with only five points on the board, Vettel may decide enough is enough. Azerbaijan Grand Prix starts on Sunday June 12th at the Baku city circuit.
