Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko believes that new F1 world champion Max Verstappen has already proven himself to be better than four-time champion Sebastian Vettel. The German won all four of his titles consecutively between 2010 and 2013, winning 34 races in an utterly dominant period for Vettel with Red Bull. He twice beat
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Aston Martin have confirmed that CEO and team principal Otmar Szafnauer has left the team with immediate effect. He was linked with a move to the Alpine F1 Team back in November, but he denied having plans of leaving Aston Martin. Szafnauer originally joined the outfit back in 2009 when it was named Force India.
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel says he does not see himself as a mentor to Haas’ Mick Schumacher, but more of a friend of the 22-year-old. Vettel struck a great relationship with Schumacher’s father, Michael, as a youngster, and they shared the grid for three years between 2010 and 2012 when the seven-time champion came of
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has said he would love Haas’ Mick Schumacher to join Ferrari despite the four-time world champion’s own struggles with the Scuderia. Vettel won 14 races with the Maranello-based team, but the dream championship in red failed to materialise for the German. Ferrari had a competitive car in 2017 and 2018, but
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel and Haas’ Mick Schumacher are looking forward to pairing up for the Race of Champions (ROC) in Sweden in February. The ROC will move away from its stadium setting in 2022, instead moving to Sweden and Pite Havsbad – a holiday resort on the frozen Baltic Sea. Vettel has won the
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Aston Martin F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has revealed that the thought of retiring from Formula 1 has “crossed my mind”, but the German is eager to continue racing for now. The four-time world champion won his last title in 2013, and has since endured title heartbreak with Ferrari before leaving the Scuderia at the end
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Aston Martin F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has said the end of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix felt “strange”, and revealed that he had suggested lapped cars be allowed through as soon as the late Safety Car was deployed. Race director Michael Masi made a surprise call to allow only five lapped cars through towards the
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel says he is happier now than he was during his six seasons at previous team Ferrari. The four-time world champion joined the Scuderia in 2015 in search of his fifth F1 title success, and won 14 races with the team. However, a championship with the Scuderia never materialised and his Ferrari
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Four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel has reflected on Mick Schumacher’s debut season in Formula 1 and said he hopes the young German has a more competitive package next year. The 22-year-old, who’s the son of Michael Schumacher, made the step up to F1 in 2021 after winning the previous year’s Formula 2 championship. He
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Sebastian Vettel feels that his overtakes award success in 2021 is a sign that his Aston Martin team lack pace and find themselves recovering through the field “too often”. Although Vettel thoroughly enjoyed the side-by-side battling, he is disappointed he found himself in that position as often as he did. “We backfired too often. We
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