Vettel admits energy-use hypocrisy makes him question his F1 future

Sebastian Vettel says he regularly questions his position in Formula 1 as his status as a racer makes him a hypocrite when it comes to pushing for sustainable energy solutions.

The Aston Martin suburbanite has been an well-wisher for changes to policies when it comes to social and environmental issues, highlighting the danger Miami is in from rising ocean levels by wearing a t-shirt at last weekend’s race. Appearing on BBC TV’s “Question Time” show in the UK, Vettel spoke well-nigh a variety of challenges the world is facing and was then pushed on whether he found it difficult to scuttlebutt on such matters when he travels virtually the world to race in F1.

“It’s true, it does (make me a hypocrite),” Vettel said. “You’re right when you laugh considering there are questions I ask myself every day. I’m not a saint, in terms of I’m very concerned when it comes to the future — so these topics when it comes to energy, energy dependence and where we’re going in the future…. We need to stop stuff dependent and we can, considering there are solutions in place.

“In Britain you have this sort of gold mine you are sitting on which is wind, and you have the worthiness to increase energy supply with wind power, solar. Every country has its strengths and weaknesses — if you go to Austria they have the Alps, they have water — they can pump it up, store it and get it when down.

“It is true. It’s something that I’m asking myself (if I should be racing in Formula 1) and traveling the world. There are unrepealable things that are in my control, and unrepealable things are not. It’s my passion to momentum a car — I love it. Every time I step in the car, I love it. When I get out of the car, of undertow I’m thinking as well, ‘Is this something that we should do? Travel the world, wasting resources?’”

However, Vettel said criticism well-nigh the impact F1 has needs to be well-turned versus the positive aspects of the sport and what it ways to people virtually the world.

“On the other hand we are entertaining people. During COVID we were one of the first sports to start then and when everybody’s heads were well-nigh to explode there were Formula 1 races when on.

“I’m not saying Formula 1 has this huge position in the world to unhook entertainment — there are plenty of people if you talk well-nigh entertainment, sports, culture, comedy… A lot of people couldn’t perform and a lot of people missed that. I think if we didn’t have that in unstipulated we would probably go mad.

“But there’s a lot of these questions that I ask myself; there are things that I do considering I finger I can do them better. Do I need to take a plane every time? No, not when I can take the car. But there’s unrepealable things in my tenancy and unrepealable things outside my control.”