Ex-formula 1 champion wants to go back
Is there the Vettel hammer at the new German team?
One and a half weeks before the end of the summer break, the rumor mill is bubbling in Formula 1. The hottest message is currently coming from Austria-from Red Bull Motor sports director Dr. Helmut Marko, who fueled the speculation about Sebastian Vettel's return soon.
It was only in May the German Formula 1 icon Sebastian Vettel – he won four driver titles in a row with Red Bull in 2010 and 2013. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his idol Ayrton Senna, the 37-year-old was able to drive the old McLaren car of the Brazilian for the circuit in the Emilia-Romagna on the race weekend in Imola and caused emotional pictures.
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After the show run in honor of the accident Senna, the rumors reinforce that Vettel could actually move into Formula 1 again as a regular driver. None other than Dr. Helmut Marko, who has been a close confidante of Vettel for almost two decades, has now confirmed the ambitions of the four -time world champion. The 81-year-old has confirmed to the Austrian news portal OE24 that Vettel is striving for a comeback about a year and a half after his resignation as a Formula 1 driver.
According to Marko, Red Bull should be “no space” for the 53-time Grand Prix winner as with Mercedes. However, another racing team could already make an intensive effort to work with Vettel. According to OE24, newcomers Audi could be the ideal match for the German motorsport star. Audi already draws many threads in the background and will start as a separate work team from 2026.
For the F1 engagement, Audi recently won Mattia Binotto as CEO and Jonathan Wheastley as team boss. Both look back on a multi -year and successful cooperation with Vettel. Binotto worked for Ferrari during the Vettel years between 2015 and 2020 as a technical director and later team boss for Scuderia. Wheatley worked as a sports director for the entire Vettel period, the Austrian-British designer returns to Audi after 18 years after 18 years.
Additional explosiveness gain speculation about the Vettel comeback because Audi has not yet presented a second regular driver for the coming years. Nico Hülkenberg has already been confirmed as a new pilot for 2025. The occupation of the second clean or Audi cockpit for 2025 and after that is still pending. The contracts with the current regular drivers at Sauber, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, both expire at the end of the current Formula 1 season.
