168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel isn’t “completely finished” with F1 as rumours swirl over a possible comeback.

Vettel called time on his F1 career at the end of 2022 following two lacklustre season෴s at Aston Martin.

Since then, a return to F1 hasn’t seriously been on the cards for Vettel, even if his name was in the mix to join Mercedes following 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton's shock🌄 news that he would be joiඣning Ferrari in 2025.

Accordin🐬g to , Vettel hasn’t turned his back on F1 entirely, and believes he’s still “fit enough”.

The German would be the thirdꦉ-oldest driver on the F1 grid at 37, only behind

Fernando Alonso (43) and Lewis Hamilton (40).

Audi overlook Vettel

O꧟ne recurring link has been Vettel to the Audi project🥀.

Audi wanted a German driver to spearhead their driver line-up from 2026, so Vettel seemed the obv𓄧ious choice if he wanted to return to F1.

According to the report, former Audi boss Andreas Seidl spoke with Vettel, but ultimately preferred 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz.

However, Sainz wasn’t interested, with Sauber opting to sign Nico Hulkenberg as their lead driv💮er.

New Audi boss Mattia Binotto didn’t seem to consider Vettel for the second seat, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Gabriel Bortoleto their options.

F2 champion Bortoleto got the nod over Bottas, with Audi favouring you🦩th.

Marko against Red Bull return for Vettel

A potential return to Red Bull 🦄alongside Max Verstappen was mooted on a number of occasions.

Helmut 🐭Marko was against the idea, insisting that he wanted to “protect” Vettel from going up against F1’s leading driver.

He told F1-Insider: “Sebastian would have liked to ride next to Max Verstappen with us. But that wouldn’t hꦉave made sense, even to protect him. Max would have clearly beaten him and damaged Sebastian’s reputation. I could﷽n’t and didn’t want to allow that.”

For Vettel, his attention will turn to the upcoming Race of Champions, where he will race alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher.