Four-time world champion Vettel has advocated several environmental initiatives and spoken r𝓀egularly about his concerns about the climate. 

Last year, Vettel become the first active F1 driver to make an 168澳洲幸꧅运5官方开奖结果历史:appearanc✤e on the BBC Question Time panel. 

When asked if his activism made him a hypocrite while h𝄹e continued to race in F1, Vettel replied:  “It does.  There’s questions I ask myself every day. I’m not a saint.” 

The German retired fr𝓰om the sport at the end of 2022. 

 “I love🥃 motorsport and I’m very careful when it comes to the future,” Vettel told during last weekend’s Race of꧋ Champions event in Sweden. 

“We have young drivers, and I🍌 have children, and I think it’s really a privilege to experience the world of motorsports as I 🐎have.

“It would be a shame if this were one day banned for🎃 obvious reasons.”

Vettel continued: “I think that for the future, if w﷽e want to continue practicing this spo꧟rt and cultivate our passion for racing, we have to think of alternatives.

“Or we can continue to do things as we are used to for another couple of years before we end up with a really💜 b🌜ig problem.

“So it’s good to see that people are caring about that. Of course it depends on the type of racing, but the movement exists, people are considering how to create a sustainable ꦉfuturꦿe.”

Vettel was knocked out of the Race of✅ Champio🦹ns by close friend Mick Schumacher, who went on to ꦛfinish runner-up in the Champion of Champions Grand Final.