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Ralf Schumacher has suggested that Sebastian Vettel could be tempted back into Formula 1 in the future, despite his recent retirement. The Aston Martin driver took part in his final race at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after calling time on his F1 career. In his column for Sky Sports Germany , ex-F1 driver Schumacher paid tribute to Vettel's achievements, and suggested that his heavy involvement in the bigger issues surrounding the sport could have taken a toll on the four-time World Champion. "Sebastian Vettel is a four-time world champion who has achieved great things. Formula 1 will miss Sebastian Vettel as a person," wrote Schumacher. "Unfortunately, things didn't go quite so well for him with Aston Martin. I would have wished differently for him. "What else do I associate with Sebastian Vettel? In addition to sport, Sebastian had environmental protection high on his agenda. "He took a very critical approach to this. Environmental pro...

Kevin Magnussen feels he is a "changed person" following his Formula 1 comeback in 2022 with the Haas team. Dane Magnussen was let go by the American squad at the end of 2020, along with Romain Grosjean, to make way for Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin in 2021. The team were set to contest the new campaign with the same driver pairing, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February prompted Haas to terminate Mazepin's contract owing to close family links with President Vladimir Putin. Faced with requiring a driver at short notice with the all-new breed of cars, team boss Guenther Steiner asked Magnussen to return. In the season-opener, Magnussen finished a strong fifth, with the 10 points he hauled more than three times as many as the team had done so in the previous two seasons combined. He would later take a maiden pole position in Brazil in changeable conditions and finished a respectable 13th in the standings with 25 points. Magnussen believes that ...

Stoffel Vandoorne feels that it is "hard to judge" the likelihood of him returning to Formula 1 off the back of his championship success in Formula E . Vandoorne was previously given his debut in F1 with McLaren back in 2017, but found himself without a seat on the grid at the end of the 2018 season. Since then, Vandoorne has competed in Formula E and clinched the World Championship for the first time in the 2021/2022 campaign. The Belgian's Mercedes-EQ teammate Nyck de Vries – who himself took the title in 2021/2022 – has departed the all-electric series to join the AlphaTauri team in Formula 1 , but Vandoorne has played down his own chances of making an F1 comeback . Vandoorne: I've had my opportunity in F1 "It's hard to judge," Vandoorne told media, including TheFOXposts.Com , when asked at the FIA Prize Giving Gala whether de Vries' move to F1 –...

Aston Martin boss Mike Krack says he was " tempted " to ask Sebastian Vettel to make a Formula 1 comeback to replace Lance Stroll - but decided against it. Stroll was injured in a pre-season cycling accident, sustaining serious wrist injuries that ruled him out of pre-season testing and put his participation in doubt for the Bahrain opener. He ultimately returned, but before this was announced, Krack did not deny that he had spoken to four-time World Champion Vettel who retired at the end of the 2022 season. And Krack has now explained that he did think about the idea of asking the German to come back, but decided to follow Vettel's wishes. Viewed by others: F1 2023 More details confirmed on Gulf-backed F1 team ...

Alex Albon has hailed 2022 as his "best year in Formula 1" following his return to the grid after a year on the sidelines. The British-Thai driver found himself without a race seat in 2021 when Red Bull opted to replace him with Sergio Perez, though he was retained by the team as a test and reserve driver. Albon then made a comeback with Williams in 2022 and, while the team finished at the bottom of the Constructors' Championship standings, the 26-year-old is proud of what he personally achieved given his prior time away from the track. "Obviously, we were 10th in the Constructors' this year," Albon told the F1 Nation podcast. "It's not where we want to be. It's obviously not where Williams want to be. "It's a tale of two halves where, when I look at the season as a whole, I'm very happy about it. I've had a year away from the sport, and it's not always guaranteed, your success, coming back. "I'...