Officially .. German Vettel joins the "Aston Martin" team for the 2021 season in Formula 1 races
The Racing Point team, competing in the Formula 1 Grand Prix World Championship, announced that it has signed a four-time world champion, Sebastian Vettel, starting next season, to be next to Vettel in the team that will turn to the name "Aston Martin" in 2021, his colleague Canadian driver Lance Stroll.
"I am delighted to finally announce this exciting news about my future, and I am extremely proud to be a driver in the Aston Martin team for the 2021 season," Vettel said in a press statement to the British "Motor Sport" website.
He added, "The energy and commitment that team owner Lawrence Stroll has towards sport is inspiring, and I think we can build something very special together, and I still have a lot of love for Formula 1, and my only goal is to race in the front lines on the starting grid."
According to the British website, the name of the four-time world champion, and the current driver of the "Ferrari" team, the German Vettel, has been linked with the "Racing Point" team last May, since Ferrari announced that it was giving up the services of Vettel, who had driven its car since 2017.
It is noteworthy that Vettel started the races in 1995 in the "karting" category, before ascending in 2003 to the single-seat car, and in 2004 won the German Formula BMW Championship with 19 victories out of 20 races he fought, then moved in 2006 to the World Championship. For Formula 1 racing with the BMW Sauber as a third driver.
And he achieved his first victories in the single-seat racing summit in 2007 by winning the American Grand Prix, and since that date, Vettel has achieved 53 races, which came with the cars of the "Sauber" teams "Toro Rosso" and "Red Bull" and "Ferrari" As well as climbing to the podium on 120 occasions.
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