Ferra♏ri’s Sebastian Vettel has revealed he has held “loose talks” over an Aston Martin Formula 1 drive for the 2ꦯ021 season.

Rumours began swirling this week after reports in Germany claimed Vettel is considering ꧅an offer from Racing Point owner Lawrence Stroll to drive for the team when it rebrands into the Aston Martin works squad next♕ year.

Vettel is currently without a drive for 2021 after Ferrari decided not to renew his contract. With seats at McLaren and Renault taken, and Mercedes expected to continue with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, the Aston Martin project appears the four-times world champion’s bes𝔍t shot of landing a competitive drive.

Racing Point has insisted that its current drivers Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll are both tied down to long-term contracts, and Perez remained defiant that he 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:has a deal to race for 🌠the team next year amid intensifying speculation that it could be the Mexi🐻can’s seat whi꧃ch is under threat.

Asked if it is his understanding that there is a Racing Point seat free if he wants it, Vettel replied: “At this♌ st🧸age, I think it’s talks.

“I said last week I have been in talks with Renault for exam⭕ple, it’s also talks. At a later stage with anyone I ﷽think it would become a bit more concrete.

“The truth is that there is nothing to announc🍷༒e and nothing more concrete than loose talks.

“I think rumoꦆurs are called rumours for a reason,” he added. “Anyway, now only a couple of days after Austria, there’s not much that has changed.

“The fa🦹ct is there is no news. If you ask a▨bout Racing point, everyone is talking about Racing Point, the first two races have been impressive, the performance on track.

“When it comes to myself, no news, nothing has chan꧒ged in a week.”

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Vettel reiterated his stance that he is no rush to m🅠ake a call on what he will do for next year and made it clear ꧃he will take the time to ensure it is the “right decision for myself”.

꧃“I said last time it will probably take some time, most importantly for myself to make the decision, the right decision for myself,” he explained.

“Once there is so𒀰mething to say, I think that will be the right time in future to do 𝓰so.

“Anything at t🌳his🔯 stage is still open - driving next year, not driving next year and maybe coming back or not driving and doing something different.

“I’m not pressured to make my decis🎐ion too quickly.”

Asked if he believes Aston Martin is his only realistic option to stay in F1, Vettel responded: "There’s two ways to look at i🌞t.

“One is on paper, which seat♓s there are, which there are not. For that, I have too little information about contracts, a൲nd what are peoples’ contracts and so on.

“The other thing is I h✃ave been around for long time and you neꦬver know, things can always change.

“Irrespective of that, I have to make decision myself, and see if there i𝓀s something suitable in that direction.”