The four-times world champion on life at Aston Martin, his bond with Lewis Hamilton and tackling environmental issues
As a four-times Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel surely has nothing left to prove, except it seems to himself. The German has endured a trying time of late but as his career enters a new phase, his passion for the sport is entirely undiminished. Vettel’s interests these days may be broader, extending from promoting the wellbeing of bees to a spot of early morning cow milking, but F1 remains the driving force.
Vettel has been competing in F1 now for 15 seasons. Yet before the Portuguese Grand Prix this weekend the eyes above his mask still make a convincing case that the 33-year-old veteran enjoys the same enthusiasm as the boy who began racing karts at eight; as the tousle-haired teenager who made his F1 test debut for Sauber in 2006 and indeed the precociously talented young man who became the youngest winner of an F1 race in 2008 for Toro Rosso at Monza.
