Sebastian Vettel’s father says the quadruple world champion inched close to his decision to retire from Formula 1 after the recent Austrian GP. “It’s a shame, but I understand him,” Norbert Vettel, the former Ferrari and Red Bull driver’s father, told RTL. Norbert Vettel vowed to watch his son race in Formula 1 one more time before his Abu Dhabi finale. “It was there that his great career as a four-time world champion began.”. Meanwhile, Vettel’s brother Fabian told Sky Deutschland that the quadruple world champion will be busy in his post-F1 career. Vettel’s retirement call caught the entire world of Formula 1 by surprise – even the sport’s CEO Stefano Domenicali.

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