Sebastian Vettel brushed off suggestions he chose to retire from Formula 1 after allegedly being told he would be sacked by ambitious Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll.
The four-time world champion's F1 career will come to an end later this year. Explaining his decision, the German cited a desire to spend more time with his family and pursue other passions, such as his work raising awareness of climate change.
But there have been some suggestions that there was more to the story. One theory was that the team's billionaire owner Stroll, was irked by Vettel's vocal anti-oil stance, and that the racer was axed by the fashion tycoon.
