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A world title with Ferrari? For Sebastian Vettel there will probably only be time this season. Then his contract with the traditional racing team expires, and it seems Hesse doesn’t get a new contract either. Various media reports.
The end of four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel at Scuderia Ferrari at the end of the year seems to have been decided. As reported by “Bild” and the trade magazines “Auto, Motor und Sport” and “motorsport-total.com”, the 32-year-old Heppenheim player’s contract with the Italians will not be extended. Consequently, Vettel will leave the traditional racing stable after six years with a goal still unknown. Both parties were reportedly unable to agree to a new contract. The step could already be made public during the day. At first there was no confirmation.
Until now, Vettel has been chasing his dream of becoming a world champion with Ferrari like Michael Schumacher. In the previous season, he finished in disappointing fifth place in the World Cup and had to again defeat the powerful Mercedes. His would-be stable rival Charles Leclerc also landed in front of him. Monegasse, 22, signed a working document that was valid until the end of 2024 before Christmas 2019. Leclerc is the team’s great hope for the future, while Vettel is said to have only been offered a contract for other year.
Dispute point: end of contract
That seems to have been too little for the ambitious Hessen, although Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto recently emphasized time and time again that he would like to keep Vettel. However, there was also speculation about a fall in Vettel’s salary. He had recently said in a video conference that there was no deadline for an extension. “Whatever the deal, the team and I will have to be comfortable with him,” said the German, who had been unable to build on his success with Red Bull since arriving at Ferrari for the 2015 season.
Vettel won his four World Cup titles between 2010 and 2013 with the unbeatable Red Bull racing team. It did not work with Ferrari. If you got a new contract for three seasons in 2017, your time is obviously running out. It seems unlikely that he will become world champion in 2020. On the one hand, because British Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes is again the overwhelming favorite, on the other hand, because it is not entirely clear when and where it will be possible to drive again in the coming months.
Ghost racing in Formula 1
Because this year Vettel and company weren’t even talking about Grand Prix victories on the track. Due to the corona virus pandemic, all planned races have been postponed or canceled. The start of the Formula 1 season is scheduled for July 5 in Austria, there is no fixed racing schedule yet. The racing series hopes to have 15-18 events by the end of the year. At least, the former should definitely be run as ghost races without spectators.
“Seb is an authentic and sincere person. He loves his job, he really loves him, and that’s one of the reasons why we at Ferrari appreciate him so much,” Binotto last said about Vettel on the main page of Formula 1. . However, he was not as athletic as he expected when he arrived in 2015. He won 14 victories for Scuderia overall, was Vice World Champion in 2017 and 2018 and third in the overall standings of the World Championship in 2015.
Vettel has few options
“I am one of the most experienced racing drivers, but not the oldest. I don’t think there is an age limit in this regard,” emphasizes Vettel. Still open what will become of him after a finish on the Maranello racing team or who will replace him. Vettel’s options in the main class seem odd.
McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl recently assured that current drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz junior will continue to sit in the cockpit. Red Bull trusts Max Verstappen as the title contender. At Mercedes, there’s still nothing new about Hamilton, whose contract will also expire later this year. A change from the British seems hard to imagine. And Vettel and Hamilton in a team, if he shouldn’t continue with Valtteri Bottas at Silver Arrows, it seems very difficult to imagine.
