Sebastian Vettel hinted at returning to Formula 1 as a reserve driver at a future Japanese Grand Prix. This summer the German announced he will retire from the sport at the end of the current season.
He will hang up his helmet having won 53 races, secured 122 podiums and four world championships during a dominant period with Red Bull. The 35-year-old will contest his final Japanese Grand Prix this weekend at Sazuka, a track where he has claimed five pole positions and four victories, without doubt one of his happiest hunting grounds.
In fact, in 2011, Vettel won his second world title at the circuit and it holds such a special place in his heart, he would consider being a reserve driver at one-off race there in the future. “Maybe one of [the F1 drivers] in the future will feel sick – I don’t wish for them to feel so - but I wouldn’t mind jumping back in for a race at Suzuka at any time,” the Aston Martin driver told the official F1 website.
