any pronouns; very aroace; stsg+f1+pjo+atla/tlok+more enthusiast; would sleep in if it weren't for the grind; slightly disillusioned bc of too much internet access as a child
sebastian vettel speaks to sky sports about a possible return to the f1 grid in 2025 - april 2024
(transcript under the cut)
Interviewer: "Well, I wanna know how sustainable you are, Sebastian, because you're only 36…"
Seb: "Yeah."
Interviewer: "…you've only been out of Formula 1 for a year and a bit. Are you potentially on the driver market for next season?"
Seb: "Well, potentially I am because I haven't got a drive, but the question is am I looking for one.
I think it depends on the package. I retired from Formula 1, not to come back, but I also did say that you never know, so I think it still stands. Obviously there's things that I miss, which is mostly the competition, and things that I don't miss, so yeah, that hasn't changed.
Obviously life's very different if you're not involved, and I do enjoy that. Still trying lots of different things. I mean, now we're talking about sports drink. I didn't think [laughs] years ago that this will be something I'll be talking about in the future or be inovlved in, but you never nkow where life's taking you, so maybe it takes me back behind the wheel, maybe it doesn't."
Interviewer: "Just thinking, might it be now or never? As I say, you're still young. It looks like some interesting potential opportunities on the grid for next season. There's a rule change coming in, as well, with some sustainable aspects which you promoted.
I know you've had some conversations with Toto Wolff. If that Mercedes seat was offered to you, how hard would it be to turn down?"
Seb: "Well, I had conversations with him, not really about the seat. We did speak about the whole situation, in short, as well, but I did speak to others, as well, because I'm still keeping in touch, every now and then.
I have some projects and ideas together with F1. We'll see if they will turn out or not. But yeah, so I am staying in touch. I don't know. It has to be a couple more phone calls and conversations, I guess, to really, yeah, find out a little bit more.
But for sure it's one of the best cockpits or best seats on the grid. I think, performance-wise, Mercedes has a great track record. Struggling a little bit in the least years, but then struggle… You're still second or third in the constructor's. It's not like you're racing in no man's land."