Jul.16 (GMM) It’s “unlikely” that Sebastian Vettel shall be taking on from Dr Helmut Marko at Purple Bull any time quickly.
Each the four-time world champion and the model’s long-time motorsport guide Marko, 82, have made noises over the previous months a couple of successorship.
However Marko’s place, collectively along with his contract by way of 2026, immediately seems to be safer because the Austrian was reportedly on the centre of the plot to oust Christian Horner.
And when requested about Vettel, Marko mentioned not too long ago: “There’s no motive to get excited. Sooner or later, after all, we’ll have to consider my successor.
“There are various doable names, however nothing concrete, and no concrete discussions both.”
German racing legend Hans-Joachim Caught additionally thinks 38-year-old Vettel can be “fully the unsuitable answer” for Purple Bull.
Nonetheless, Vettel tells ORF’s Sport am Sonntag program that though his final two groups in System 1 have been Ferrari and Aston Martin, he at all times feels closest to Purple Bull.
Some assume the German even regrets making the transfer from Purple Bull to Ferrari in 2015. “I don’t remorse the transfer itself,” Vettel now insists.
“I consider it gave me a fantastic deal when it comes to expertise and perception,” he mentioned.
Nonetheless, he does have some minor regrets about how his Purple Bull departure occurred. “I feel the human factor was considerably misplaced,” mentioned Vettel, including that he “adhered too strictly to sure agreements”.
It’s believed he’s referring to maintaining his Ferrari deal secret from figures like Marko, who had mentored and guided his path to F1. “I feel it might have been extra dignified to easily say so and maybe not adhere to this clause,” Vettel mentioned.
“Nonetheless, I had a very nice time and nonetheless have a fantastic relationship with all of the folks I labored with again then,” he added.
“The folks and the instances we shared collectively, and the way a lot it bonded us collectively,” mentioned Vettel. “Despite the fact that I had an excellent time at Ferrari afterwards, a big a part of me nonetheless identifies with Purple Bull and Purple Bull Racing.”
The more and more outspoken pundit and former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, nonetheless, thinks Vettel is unlikely to placed on a Purple Bull uniform any time quickly.
“I feel it’s unlikely that he shall be at Purple Bull,” he informed Sky Deutschland’s Backstage Boxengasse program. “I feel it was a one-sided story.
“So far as I’ve heard, he additionally bought a transparent ‘no’, so it’s not even up for dialogue.”
