Sebastian Vettel and Formula 1: Do you still see the Germans in the premier class after their Ferrari retirement? Now Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff spoke.
- Sebastian Vettel * will leave Ferrari after the 2020 season.
- What will happen to the four-time Formula 1 world champion ?
- There is a lot of speculation about the German and Formula 1 * - now Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said .
Heppenheim - The bomb exploded on May 12: Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari * announced that they would go their separate ways in the future. One hammer after the other followed in Formula 1 *: Vettel's cockpit, which will then be free after the end of the 2020 season, is taken over by Carlos Sainz . His place at McLaren * is then taken by Daniel Ricciardo , who will leave Renault after two years.
Since that day in May, there has been intense speculation about the future of Sebastian Vettel *. Of course, a number of experts have since commented on the topic, but it is still not clear what will happen for the four-time Formula 1 world champion .
Sebastian Vettel: after Ferrari out in Formula 1 - will he end up at Mercedes?
Of course, many fans want Sebastian Vettel to switch to Mercedes . A German driver in a German car - Michael Schumacher's fans were delighted. Together with Lewis Hamilton , the reigning champion, the Silver Arrows would then have a mega duo behind the wheel.
Team boss Toto Wolff knows these mind games of course. He has been confronted with it several times in the past few weeks, and now the Austrian has spoken again. "Sebastian is of course a great personality, with four world championship titles a really outstanding racing driver of his generation," said Wolff at a video press conference.
Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel at Mercedes? Team boss Toto Wolff with announcement
Does Wolff already list reasons for a possible obligation? Immediately afterwards, he restricts: Vettel is "an outsider candidate for a cockpit at Mercedes because we look first and foremost at our Mercedes squad ". The contracts of Hamilton and the second driver *, Valtteri Bottas , expire at the end of the season. Will it soon be extended with this duo?
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- Note Italiano (@Notizieditalia) June 4, 2020Wolff emphasized: "I don't necessarily want to create a tight corset for the timing." They wanted to let Hamilton and Bottas drive first and also wait and see how George Russell developed. The 22-year-old from the Mercedes generation is currently on loan to Williams in the second year - the team is currently in a crisis and may be sold.
So many questions that are still unanswered. Vettel is definitely an option at Mercedes - but is it likely? With a statement, Wolff continues to fuel the hopes of the fans: "In terms of talent and personality, he is someone to whom I would never immediately say no."
The season * starts on July 5th, and during the summer * you want to make a decision at Mercedes .
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