168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sebastian Vettel has a♏dmitted the door is not closed on a possible Formula 1 comeback.

The retired Vettel’s open💮ness about🐻 potentially returning to racing may provide Mercedes with an unexpected, and intriguing, option.

ꦐLewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari in 2025 means Mercedes are searching for a replacement.

Vettel was asked by Swiss newspaper  about whether Hamilton’s switch to Ferrari could cause him to return to F1: “I was surprised by this change.

“Mercedes team boss Toto✅ Wolff didn't call me, but we briefly exchanged text messages.

“But so far it's not an issue for me, also because at 3✨6 I still have all the time in the worl🍎d.

“So it doesn't go away. But my s✱igns haven't changed.

“I think that I have learned and understooܫd a lot in this one year without racing, including about myself.

“Being on the other side had a big impact on me; a lot of questꦇions came up. So far there is no active project.”

Vettel꧒ was askeꦏd if his stance on an F1 comeback was ‘a clear no?’

“No,” he responded.

“I already said back then that the🐻re wouldn't be a clear no in that sense, because I believe that everything is a process.

“And maybe there will come a point at which I say: Yes, ꦑI would like to go 🅘back.

“When I sor♍t it out mentally so that it suddenly makes sense again.

“But at the moment I'm doing very well without driving in For🔥mula 1.

“There is no firm no, but also no firm yes.”

Wolff has already been questioned about contacting Vettel༒ to replace Hamilton.

“I think he made the decision to not race 𝓡anymor🃏e,” Wolff said.

“We are talking on a regular basis. We’ve also talked🐽 yesterday, but it wasn’💃t about driving for us in the future.”

The 2024 season whi꧑ch kicks off this weekend in Bahrain is the second without V🎐ettel.

The German retired after a stint at Aston Martin.

He is a four-time F1♚ champion with all his titles coming🐼 as a Red Bull driver.

Only Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Max Verstappen have won mor✱e F1 g🅘rands prix than Vettel.

He insists that he is stil𒁏l keeping an eye on F1 from afar: “Yes I do.

“I wanted to try ⛎withdrawal at the first grand prix after my last race. I actually didn't watch the practice, but shortly before qualifying I had to give in and tuned in. I also watched thꦯe race.

“It wasn't as strange a feeling as I had previously thought, wat🐻ching and no longer 🌞sitting in the car.

“I th🐻en saw a few races throughout the year, or at least watched the hi🔥ghlights.

“Because of course I'm still interested in the sport, even if I'm no lon🍰ger that close to it.

“I watch with my wife and usually comment 💛unconsciously.

“She says it's the first time she's really understood the🧔 ꦑsport.”

He continued: “I love this sport, it is so multifacet෴ed and♊ full of depth.

“Bu🎉t I also understand that many things are too complex to be understood in an hour and a half. “For me the fascination is still there. But of course I'm not neutral either.

“Last year belonged to Max Verstappen.

“Of course some people find it borin♉g, but I think it doesn't give enough respect and recognition to his achieve🍎ments.

“I, for one, am full of admiration. Even for someone like the ski racer Marco Odermatt. It's not that the others are d𒀰oing something wrong, they really try everything. But Max and Marco do it so much better.

“They give the sport its shine. That excites me. Also because I stil🐈l know what success feels like.”