Sebastian Vettel, one of Formula One’s greats, announced on Thursday that he will be retiring at the end of the season, but it was not a decision he made quickly.
“The timeline takes us years back,” the Aston Martin driver said. “It’s not a decision I took overnight. The final decision was taken yesterday, by telling the team that I am going to stop and I am not going to continue, but there was a lot of thought leading into this, so yes, I think it’s the right time for me to do other things.”
The 35-year-old made his announcement on his newly launched Instagram account, and in a heartfelt video, he detailed how he is more than a racing driver and cited that how his goals have shifted.