SEBASTIAN VETTEL was “never in the same class” as Lewis Hamilton, according to former Williams and Ferrari team manager Peter Windsor. Four-time world champion Vettel, 35, retired at the end of the 2022 season after 16 years in F1. “He didn’t say at the end of that year, or during that year, ‘wow, I’m in trouble here. “And he never got any better, he was still the same driver. “I never would have put him in the same class as Lewis. Maybe, if he’s got a really good back end on the car, I’d put him up there with Fernando [Alonso] – but if he’s got a wayward back end and not a lot of grip [he’s in trouble].

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