Sebastian Vettel

The 35-year-old will bring the curtain down on a career which yielded four world championships and 53 wins. Vettel, who started his F1 career midway through the ...

“But today is not about saying goodbye. “I hope that the work I did last year and am continuing to do this year will be helpful in the development of a team that will win in the future, and I will work as hard as I can between now and the end of the year with that goal in mind, giving as always my best in the last 10 races.” “At the end of the year I want to take some more time to reflect on what I will focus on next; it is very clear to me that, being a father, I want to spend more time with my family.

Vettel announced on Thursday that he will retire from F1 at the end of the season, citing a desire to spend more time with his family among the motivations ...

I believe in moving forwards and moving on – time is a one-way street and I want to go with the times. "Committing to my passion the way I did and the way I think is right does no longer go side by side with my wish to be a great father and husband. Further, I feel there is so much to explore and learn – about life and about myself. I am an optimist and I believe people are good. Who am I? I am Sebastian – father of three children and husband to a wonderful woman. "Probably I should start with a long list of people to thank now, but I feel it is more important to explain the reasons behind my decision.

This is it. Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the season.

“Aston Martin is a great project, with unlimited potential, and the groundwork that Sebastian has done last year, and is still doing this year, is crucial. Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll said: “I want to thank Sebastian from the bottom of my heart for the great work that he has done for Aston Martin over the past year and a half. Team Principal Mike Krack added: “Sebastian is a superb driver – fast, intelligent and strategic – and of course we are going to miss those qualities.

"Over the past two years I have been an Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One™ Team driver - and, although our results have not been as good as we had hoped ...

"Sebastian is a superb driver - fast, intelligent and strategic - and of course we are going to miss those qualities. "He has driven some fantastic races for us, and, behind the scenes, his experience and expertise with our engineers have been extremely valuable. We will give him a fabulous send-off." All in. "I have really enjoyed working with such a great bunch of people. But today is not about saying goodbye.

Vettel is one of the most successful drivers in the sport's history, having won four consecutive championships in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 - all with Red ...

Aston Martin's team principal, Mike Krack, said: "Sebastian is a superb driver - fast, intelligent and strategic - and of course we are going to miss those qualities. "He has driven some fantastic races for us, and, behind the scenes, his experience and expertise with our engineers have been extremely valuable. We will give him a fabulous send-off."

Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has announced he is retiring from Formula One at the end of the season.

He has driven some fantastic races for us, and, behind the scenes, his experience and expertise with our engineers have been extremely valuable.” He will call time on his F1 career at the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi which will be his 300th meeting. “At the end of the year I want to take some more time to reflect on what I will focus on next,” he said. “But in the end he has done what he feels is right for himself and his family, and of course we respect that. These are issues he is likely to continue to pursue but he did not reveal his plans for the future. He stayed with Ferrari until the end of 2020 and joined Aston Martin in 2021 but has not won a race since the Singapore Grand Prix in 2019.

The 35-year-old will bring the curtain down on a career which yielded four world championships and 53 wins at the end of the season.

We will give him a fabulous send-off.” “But today is not about saying goodbye. “He is one of the all-time greats of Formula One, and it has been a privilege to have been able to work with him.

Vettel will leave the sport as one of the most successful drivers in history. Only Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Juan Manuel Fangio have won more world ...

Helped by Alonso being taken out at the start in Belgium and Japan by Lotus drivers Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen, Vettel overhauled the gap and held on in the final three races to clinch his third title. Leclerc outperformed him in his first year with the team. When I get out of the car, of course I'm thinking as well: 'Is this something we should do, travel the world, wasting resources?'" Alberto Ascari also won nine in a row across the 1952 and 1953 seasons. He said spending more time with his family was a priority. He added: "Today is not about saying goodbye.

Vettel, who started his F1 career midway through the 2007 season and enjoyed his best years with Red Bull, made the announcement ahead of this weekend's ...

We will give him a fabulous send-off.” “But today is not about saying goodbye. “He is one of the all-time greats of Formula One, and it has been a privilege to have been able to work with him.

Sebastian Vettel's announcement that he will leave Formula 1 at the end of the 2022 season means an empty slot will be left at Aston Martin for 2023.

The team uses Mercedes engines and that there are all sorts of connections between Stroll and Toto Wolff that would make such a deal painless. He has a reputation for being disruptive and looking after his own interests, and that doesn't fit with the job of being Lance Stroll's team-mate. Mick Schumacher is also out of contract at Haas, and no doubt Vettel will be singing the praises of his protege. That would open up a seat for Colton Herta or someone else that McLaren wants to promote. But is he really the man the team wants? In addition, Aston is a car manufacturer, and there are marketing considerations.

Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel will retire from Formula 1 at the conclusion of the 2022 season, bringing down the curtain on a grand prix CV ...

He later admitted this was payback for Webber ignoring a similar team order in Brazil the year before, when Vettel was trying to win his third world title. Vettel’s buffer when he crossed the line to Fernando Alonso is second place was 32.6 seconds, resulting in jeering from the crowd during the podium ceremony, so bored they were of his dominance. Picking a race Vettel led lights-to-flag and finished over half a minute clear of the field may seem like an odd one to pick as my favourite. Vettel continued his charge down to Sepang’s Turn 4, and carved into the lead on the outside. The other piece of brilliance from this race was Vettel’s pass to retake the lead from Alonso. Having been called off his lap one resurgence by the safety car, Vettel was all over the Ferrari after the restart. Vettel quickly worked his way into the top eight to run where he needed to be at the time. Vettel was fourth on the grid, with Alonso down in eighth. This was because Fernando Alonso produced a simply amazing start to roar from fourth to the lead – kicking up dust getting around Hamilton and Vettel as he skirted with the grass lining the track edge. Alonso was geared to cover off the Australian primarily, however, and that first allowed Vettel to streak to a beautiful pole position. That meant the Scuderia had to attempt to strategically cover off two cars rather than one in the final race of the season. And after infamously colliding with team-mate Webber in Turkey and spinning with Jenson Button at Spa, Vettel would barely put a foot wrong for the remainder of the campaign. The Faenza outfit had been bought out by Dietrich Mateschitz and turned into the Red Bull junior team, Toro Rosso, for 2006, but achieved little by way of results before Vettel was brought in to replace Scott Speed midway through the 2007 season.

Lewis Hamilton has praised rival Sebastian Vettel for supporting his anti-racism campaigning, after the four-time world champion confirmed he will retire ...

I could see how professional he was and it gave me a good insight into how you need to behave and how you need to be, to be a successful F1 driver like he was. I wish him the best and we will miss him. To see him go is something that you can see coming. (It's) not the news that I want. "He has been one of the very, very few drivers in racing history that has stood for much more than himself. Obviously personally, I spent some time alongside him which was a privilege.

Sebastian Vettel has announced he is retiring from Formula One at the end of the season. The 35-year-old will bring the curtain down on a career which ...

We will give him a fabulous send-off.” “But today is not about saying goodbye. “He is one of the all-time greats of Formula One, and it has been a privilege to have been able to work with him.

The 35-year-old German is a four-time world champion and has 53 race victories in total.

Hopefully I will make the right decision to progress and become a better version of myself in 10 years’ time.” “When I am talking about fuel in the tank, I am still fighting for all of those things. But Vettel, 12th in the championship, could not be convinced to remain for another year, informing owner Lawrence Stroll of his decision on Wednesday, before making the news public in a four-minute Instagram video at midday on Thursday. “Before you know it Fernando Alonso will not be here, and then who is there after that? Seb, it’s been an honour to call you a competitor and an ever greater honour to call you my friend. I am sad because I have lost an ally.”

The youngest driver to win a title will leave the sport at the end of the 2022 season, when his contract with Aston Martin concludes.

I love it, and every time I step in the car I love it,” he said during the May television appearance. In his retirement announcement, Vettel cited a desire to spend more time with his family and on his personal interests. Vettel won his four championships consecutively from 2010 to 2013, tying Alain Prost for the third most in Formula One history by the time he was 26.