Scuderia Ferrari German driver Sebastian Vettel interview:
On the importance of a driver’s age in Formula 1
Sebastian Vettel: “I think age is not so decisive and important with us as in some other sports. If you are good enough, you’re still young enough. And turned round – if you are are good enough, you are not too young.”
On recent criticism
Sebastian Vettel: “If someone pursues their job with passion then it is exactly like the last five years for me. I definitely do not have the feeling that I’ve been robbed of the five years, I have no regrets. In a world where everything is as fast-paced as it is today, both things go very fast. On one hand, this is a pleasure because what I do is go fast, drive fast. Outside of the car it is more of a horror. There are many things I cannot get behind. I can, for example, not be happy when judgements are made so quickly or things are so quickly forgotten.”
On what he will do after ending his F1 career
Sebastian Vettel: “It is normal that at a moment in time of your career, after 12 years [in F1] like me, you think ahead and wonder what could come then. I find it important to make thoughts early. I don’t think it’s good if you quit something that was so life-defining and then have no plan how it should go on. The perfect time to call it a day would be when you can decide for yourself ‘I quit’. Not perfect is the time when it is dictated from the outside. For me it is clear: if I stop once, then I will stop and will not come back. You simply have to be happy and be able to say ‘that was it’.”
Which values are timeless for Sebastian?
Sebastian Vettel: “Respect, honesty, decency, empathy. We will always have to do with each other as people, no matter in which environment. In everyday life, at work.”
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