For the four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, Formula 1 does not do enough with its opportunities to make a contribution to climate protection.
“Until the end of 2025 we will be driving with the current engines, which are too complicated to be a model for series development. We are therefore initially only increasing the proportion of sustainable fuels to 10 percent,” Vettel told the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland”. “None of this is happening fast enough for me. You have to tackle the problems now and find solutions. Formula 1 would have so many opportunities to point the way to the future of mobility. But the different interests stand in each other’s way.”
That is also a reason why the premier class of motorsport is no longer held in Germany. “That’s why we sometimes drive in states without a motorsport tradition,” said Vettel. “I think that could be different if we could offer good sport with Formula 1 on the one hand and solutions for the problems of the future on the other. Then it’s no longer a question of whether Formula 1 is still up to date.”
He himself is trying to tackle “what is my responsibility and what I can change,” said Vettel. This includes living as energy-efficiently as possible. He uses “- if possible – the bike instead of the car, the train instead of the plane. I compensate my CO2 footprint, eat sustainably and also openly address the problems of motorsport,” said the native of Heppenheim, who is also in the next season for Aston Martin. “In general, I’ve been interested in the climate crisis and its consequences for a long time. And because the matter is so urgent that we can no longer afford to just talk about it, I think it’s important to take action and take action. “