{"id":1522358,"date":"2022-07-29T09:25:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T13:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1522358"},"modified":"2022-07-29T09:25:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T13:25:18","slug":"why-is-sebastian-vettel-retiring-from-formula-1-with-4-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/why-is-sebastian-vettel-retiring-from-formula-1-with-4-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Sebastian Vettel Retiring From Formula 1 With 4 Championships?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The season has been such a crushing disappointment to Sebastian Vettel<\/a> that the four-time Formula 1<\/a> champion could not wait one more week to announce his retirement plans at a more logical point in the schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day after informing his team, Vettel, 35, posted to social media on Thursday that he intends to leave F1 \u201cby the end of the 2022 season.\u201d That raises the possibility of stepping away as early as the month-long summer break that follows this weekend\u2019s Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sebastian Vettel announced his impending retirement from Formula 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sebastian Vettel of Germany and the Aston Martin Formula 1 team looks on from the drivers parade ahead of the Grand Prix of Austria at Red Bull Ring on July 10, 2022 in Spielberg, Austria. | Joe Portlock - Formula 1\/Formula 1 via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Only Lewis Hamilton<\/a>, Michael Schumacher<\/a>, and Juan Manuel Fangio have won more than the four World Drivers\u2019 Championships that Sebastian Vettel owns, so Vettel\u2019s surprise announcement shook up Formula 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The easy answer as to why Vettel is leaving is that his wife and three children are a greater priority to him than racing is. He referenced his family during the brief video he taped and distributed online on Thursday to announce his retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy goals have shifted from winning races and fighting for championships to seeing my children grow, passing on my values, helping them up when they fall, listening to them when they need me, not having to say goodbye, and most importantly being able to learn from them and let them inspire me.\u201d<\/p>Sebastian Vettel<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Later, however, he spoke in more cryptic terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel we live in very decisive times. And how we all shape the next years will determine all our lives,\u201d Vettel said. \u201cMy passion comes with certain aspects that I have learned to dislike. They might be solved in the future but the will to apply that change has to grow much, much stronger and has to be leading to action today. Talk is not enough, and we cannot afford to wait. There is no alternative. The race is underway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last four seasons have been brutal for Sebastian Vettel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This story tells you everything you need to know about Sebastian Vettel \ud83d\udc4f\u2764\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/sVx5uhChvI<\/a><\/p>— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) July 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>