![]() “That’s why I’m definitely not going to stand in front of the camera at the first race as an expert with a microphone in my hand and give my two cents. I will manage to open the next door and find my happiness there. But I want to choose the path of detachment, distance myself and realise: There are enough other exciting things. “If you enjoy doing something, you can hang on to it. ![]() He will also not appear as an expert on Sky or any other TV channel. “Now I secretly expect myself to be able to cope without Formula 1 – as if I were going through withdrawal.” Formula 1 was my purpose in life for 16 years. But I’m not sure I want to watch the race at all. When asked what he has planned for Ma– the first race of next season in Bahrain – he explained to Der Spiegel magazine: The Formula 1 world was already speculating whether Vettel might return to the racing series as an official. Vettel set 53 Grand Prix race wins, four world championship titles with Red Bull and countless other records during his time in Formula 1. Sebastian Vettel wearing a “Save the bees” shirt / Image Credit: Lars Baron – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images ![]() He now reveals what will leave a lasting impression on him. With investment from Lawrence Stroll at the Racing Point Silverstone factory, the fortunes of the current team look to be a world apart from the near-fatal summer break of 2018 which began with the team being placed into administration.Īlong with new regulations and investment from Stroll expected to begin showing returns, 2021 might be the perfect time for Aston Martin to return to the Formula 1 stage.Sebastian Vettel is leaving Formula 1 at the end of the season after 16 years. And that was the last that the Formula 1 paddock saw of an Aston Martin factory team. Maurice Trintignant finished 11th in that race while team-mate Roy Salvadori was forced to retire from the race with a steering issue. Aston Martin’s last foray in F1 came at the British Grand Prix in what was a largely forgettable affair for the uncompetitive DBR5. Salvadori in the uncompetitive DBR5 at the 1960 British Grand PrixĪ row over starting money at the Dutch Grand Prix meant that the car took the start of just one championship race in 1960. Jack Brabham claimed the first of his three championships in a rear-engined Cooper.Ī new car was introduced for 1960, but the DBR5 was a reworking of the previous challenger rather than the all-new rear-engined car that was needed.Īston Martin Project Cars: the prototypes that could have been the marque’s greatest racers The car could only manage a best-championship result of sixth at the Portuguese and British Grands Prix, both at the hands of Salvadori.Īt the front, Vanwall took the honour of being the first British constructors’ champion. Engine problems led to race retirements, missed championship rounds, and restricted performance. ![]() Roy Salvadori may have finished second in the DBR4 at Silverstone’s International Trophy race in May 1959, but that would be the high point. Roy Salvadori on the way to a sixth-place finish at the 1959 British Grand Prix ![]() By the time the DBR4 saw a race track in F1, the realisation that rear-engine design was the way forward had dawned and the outdated Astons struggled to compete. The F1 campaign was deferred for a year.Īt that point it was too late. Tony Brooks told Motor Sport’s Andrew Frankel that the DBR4 was a far nicer and better handling car than the Vanwall VW5, which won six races in 1958 - and he had driven both.Īs it was, the demands of a sports car car and F1 campaign took its toll and the car’s true potential was never proven. “We had no trouble going faster than the Vanwall and Maserati 250F,” he said. The company had high hopes for the car’s potential: John Wyer, who headed the F1 project, suggested that it could challenge the Maserati 250F that had taken Juan Manuel Fangio to a fifth world championship the season before. With resources stretched, as it developed the DBR1 sports car simultaneously, Aston produced the 2,493cc-powered DBR4 in time for the 1958 season. ![]()
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