Now who expected this? Sebastian Vettel will be leaving the Infiniti Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team at the end of the 2014 season. That’s this year! Filling his massive shoes (metaphorically, that is, we’re not implying he has big feet) will be Toro Rosso’s teenage wonder boy Daniil Kvyat, who will race alongside Daniel Ricciardo, himself new to the top flight team this season.
The shocking news broke at the ongoing 2014 Japanese Grand Prix weekend, with the team officially announcing that “Sebastian Vettel has advised us that he will be leaving Infiniti Red Bull Racing at the end of the 2014 season. We want to warmly thank Sebastian for the incredible role he has played at Infiniti Red Bull Racing for the last six years.”
And what six years that was, with the (still) young German racking up 38 wins, 44 poles and four double world championship crowns (both drivers’ and constructors’) back to back. Still, it’s mighty hard to accept that after all that success, one tough year behind an uncompetitive car (though teammate Ricciardo has managed three wins this season to Vettel’s zero) is enough for Vettel to seek the exit door.
What’s next? Rumours suggest that Vettel will be heading over to Ferrari next year, while Fernando Alonso will split with the Scuderia to join the McLaren-Honda revival. Let the Formula 1 silly season begin! Racing fans, who do you think of this?
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I would say it is mutually better for both parties. Now Red Bull can concentrate on building a winning package around Ricciardo next year. Vettel can try to kickstart his revival and prove that it was him who won the drivers championship for Red Bull; and not the other way around
All the best to Vettel even though he’s not my favorite F1 driver.
The only reason to watch F1 next season is because of Honda is back!
I will support who ever join Ferrari..
i gues this is all normal. when a driver doesnt feel his car isnt competitive or losing its edge, he will start to look somewhere else.
i guess vettel is upset over the lacking of red bull against team mercedez.
not as strong as schumacher though he is, to be able to cling on despite the downwards trend.
stopped watching F1 since Schumacher left Ferrari.
Leaving a team that has helped him to four world titles after only one season of relatively poor season? That only shows that the car equation is bigger than his driving skills. When Red Bull is no longer the fastest car on the track, he is not winning races. The next Schumacher, he will never be.
it is still early to judge him..maybe he will help ferrari to be a champion again..who knows..
if karamjit singh join f1 he will be world champion
vettel left due to attractive offer from other team .i guess is mercedes not ferrari . there will be germen combo next season mercedes+vettel+rosberg . of course that’s the end for hamilton
interesting theory..but the revival of mclaren honda is the best news so far..