After his resignation at the end of the season, announced during the week, Sebastian Vettel has now commented on possible successors at Aston Martin. He admitted that he wasn’t entirely objective about it.
Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel has proposed Mick Schumacher as his successor for his vacant cockpit at Aston Martin after his announced retirement. “I think a lot of Mick,” said the Heppenheimer on the sidelines of the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest: “I’m not entirely objective because I’m very close to him. But I think he’s a great driver and a learner. “
According to his own statement, Vettel spoke to Aston Martin boss Lawrence Stroll and brought up the son of record world champion Michael Schumacher. “He keeps learning when others stop or stop making progress,” said Vettel. The 23-year-old has “qualities”, but is “still very young” and has “not much experience”.
The thing with Schumacher’s contract
Mick Schumacher, whose contract with Haas expires at the end of the season, kept a low profile in Budapest. “Obviously there’s still work to be done here (at Haas), so my focus right now is that,” he said. “We’ll see what the future brings.”
Vettel surprisingly announced the end of his career after the season on Thursday. On Sunday (from 3 p.m. in the live ticker on t-online) the 35-year-old will be contesting his last Grand Prix in Hungary, with a total of ten races still to come before the end of the year.