The imposing setting of Yas Marina – its hotel in the middle of the track that changes light, the imposted photocopy yacht port of Monaco, the Ferrari theme park just around the corner from the sand – lives another lineage farewell this Sunday. Sebastian Vettel (35 years old) leaves Formula 1. And it does not seem like a see you later like Fernando Alonso’s in 2018, but a see you forever. The German leaves without looking back. Four championship titles, 53 victories, 122 podiums, 57 pole positions… Legendary figures for a driver of proletarian origin, the son of the carpenter who stopped Alonso. Red Bull’s first successful project. Vettel, who says he does not rule out dedicating himself to carpentry in his sports retirement, joins the list of German sports legends that the passage of time withdrew from circulation. Beckenbauer, Matthaus, Boris Becker, Steffi Graf, Jan Ullrich, Michael Schumacher, Dirk Nowitzki… The driver is one of them after a successful career spanning 16 F1 seasons and 298 races. Related news standard No Motor Vettel says goodbye to Formula 1 with a dinner of more than 150,000 euros SD standard No Formula 1 Fernando Alonso: “The third World Cup is still possible” SD A unique guy who has been educated in Formula 1 since he He threw his teeth in 2007 by replacing the injured Robert Kubica in a BMW. A martyrdom for journalists at the time of his splendor because he did not show a cosmic profile, like most of his colleagues. Focused on cars, promoted by Red Bull’s military quarry and without a great hook between the media or advertising marketing, despite its titles aboard a supersonic locomotive, the Red Bull designed every year by Leonardo da Vinci of the F1, Adrian Newey, and that struck down the competition. Vettel shattered the precociousness records that were held by Fernando Alonso, he was the youngest champion in history. Without much grace to export abroad, he baptized his single-seaters with the names and adjectives of girls he was supposed to have met. Randy Mandy (Mandy the horny), Kate dirty sister (Kate’s dirty sister), Luscious Liz (seductive Liz) or Kinky Kylie (perverted Kylie). Without social networks The most symptomatic detail of his public function is that he has never used social networks, as reluctant as he has been to show his privacy. With Vettel at the wheel of Red Bull, Alonso had to settle for runners-up at Ferrari. Five years in the background against the unbeatable car. “The car beats me, not the driver,” the Spaniard said then before Vettel’s superiority and his finger marking number one in each victory. Vettel also got tired of Red Bull and sought the challenge of making Ferrari champion, an objective that Alonso did not achieve. Neither did the German in his six years as a star of the “prancing horse”. He had 14 Grand Prix wins with the Italian team and no title. The car is everything to all drivers. This has been confirmed in his last trip, Aston Martin, only one podium in two seasons. In the journey that has taken him to maturity, the German has drifted towards a more intense social activism. He has used his helmet as a fund for the collection: more than 400,000 euros painting his work tool with the colors of the rainbow or auctioning it with photographs of people in favor of homosexual people. In messages favorable to diversity, he has been significant in Saudi Arabia by organizing a go-kart race for women only to expose the gender inequality that prevails in the Arab country. Life crossed with Alonso is reflected again. The Asturian will replace him at Aston Martin next season, tenacious in his efforts to lift a third world title. This is not the case of the carpenter’s son, who assumes other priorities at this time of goodbye. “Being a pilot was never my only identity. Who I am? I am Sebastian, father of three children and husband of a wonderful wife. My goals changed: from winning races and fighting for championships to seeing my children grow and transmitting values, helping them when they fall, listening to them when they need it, not having to say goodbye and, most importantly, learning from them and letting them inspire me. ».
