Ruling out any risk of a return to F1, four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel admits that WEC is of curiosity.
The German examined with Porsche final yr, however nothing appeared to return out of it. Then there was discuss of him ‘changing’ Helmut Marko by way of operating Crimson Bull’s long-established junior programme, however once more there was little of substance.
Speaking to Auto Motor und Sport, Vettel is clearly eager to get again behind the wheel, however guidelines out any thought of returning to F1.
“F1 is completed,” he says, clearly referring to his personal ambitions versus reflecting the views of nearly all of long-standing followers of the game. “Sooner or later the time is ripe to depart the sphere to others.
“You see that with the rookies,” he continues. “I feel it is good that numerous drivers have now been changed. “That is not a vote in opposition to the older ones,” he insists, “however for the youthful ones.
“Prior to now, I did not care who among the many established drivers was now not driving, an important factor was that I used to be allowed to drive.”
Requested, in view of the Porsche take a look at, about the potential for racing in WEC, he says: “I do not need to rule out one thing coming of it.
“There have been talks,” he admits, “however someway it hasn’t come about but.
“Prior to now I used to be truthfully not that thinking about endurance racing, from my perspective as a lone fighter,” he admits. “These days, I see it otherwise. I discover it completely thrilling, with this staff construction, sharing a automobile and making compromises.
“WEC would truly be a superb match with its eight races, that are additionally structured otherwise than Formulation 1.
“It is all the time a query of how intense you need to do one thing,” he says. “For me, it has all the time been that after I take part in one thing, I need to do it nicely. Simply collaborating is nothing for me.”
