Despite retiring from Formula 1 in 2022, it is being claimed Sebastian Vettel is ‘not yet completely finished’ with the sport and chased the 2025 Red Bull seat alongside Max Verstappen. Helmut Marko turned him down as he didn’t want the German’s reputation to suffer.

Amidst the arrival of several rookies to the 2025 F1 grid, a coalition of season veterans remain on the grid. Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Hulkenberg (the only active drivers older than 30) continue to perform at a high level.

But the facts are, the stopwatch doesn’t lie and he wasn’t delivering the lap times at the end of his career.”