"I haven't made a decision on my future yet, but I've been spoiled because I've been able to be at the forefront, I know what it is, and it's an incredible feeling," said said Vettel on the sidelines of the Miami Grand Prix this weekend.
And assures: "what interests me is to win".
But after missing the first two rounds of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to Covid-19, Vettel is currently in 14th place in the drivers' championship, with four points on the clock at the end of the GP. Emilia-Romagna in Italy at the end of April.
Two weeks earlier, for his return, the pilot had to abandon Australia after hitting a wall.
However, the German is ahead of his teammate, the Canadian Lance Stroll, 18th in the championship with one point.
"As a team, it's no secret, we wanted to be ahead, but today we are behind. We are working very, very hard," he said.
"I didn't mind when I started, but finishing outside the top 10 is not what I'm here for. I want to win."
The German champion also explains that he does not have "the impression of not driving as well as before".
At 34, the pilot who became world champion for the first time with Red Bull in 2010, judges that he has "evolved a lot and (his) experience (he) helps him not to stress about certain things".
And if he were already to put an option for his future, he would see himself "perhaps staying in the racing world, but perhaps not directly".
"That's what I like, so you never know (...). But I'm not going to become a television expert. No, no.", he swept away.
Four-time world champion with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013, Vettel did not have the same success with Ferrari, which he joined between 2015 and 2020, before signing for Aston Martin in 2021, with whom he finished last season. in 12th place in the championship.
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