Vettel opens door for return to Red Bull in F1 next season
SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) - Sebastian Vettel would be open for a return to Red Bull next season - if his former team wants him 支援する.
The four-time 決まり文句／製法 One 支持する／優勝者 is leaving Ferrari at the end of the year with his 未来 uncertain. He has said he may even retire if he doesn't get a suitable 契約 申し込む／申し出.
Red Bull could change all that with a phone call.
"I think it´s a winning car," Vettel said Thursday. "I´m here to compete and I´m here to 勝利，勝つ, so probably the answer would be yes,"
Vettel won all his F1 肩書を与えるs with Red Bull during a 高度に 支配的な （一定の）期間 from 2010-13. He is still in 接触する with a lot of people there and thinks the team has the 可能性のある to get 支援する to the 最高の，を越す of F1.
But Red Bull has not 確認するd its drivers´ 顔触れ for next season, with Alexander Albon fighting to keep his place と一緒に the team´s No. 1 Max Verstappen.
Ferrari driver Seb astian Vettel of Germany speaks during a news 会議／協議会 at the Red Bull （犯罪の）一味 racetrack in Spielberg, Austria, Thursday, July 9, 2020. Styrian 決まり文句／製法 One Grand Prix will be held on Sunday. (Bryn Lennon/Pool 経由で AP)
"I know why they were strong 支援する then and they are still, I think, a 競争相手 and 明白に it's a car that you can 勝利，勝つ races in," Vettel said. "So for sure that would be 利益／興味ing."
Competing against Verstappen, considered the 未来 星／主役にする of F1, would not 提起する／ポーズをとる a problem for Vettel - even though they have 衝突／不一致d on the 跡をつける in the past.
"I'm 一般に of the 有罪の判決 that if you want to 勝利，勝つ you have to be happy to take on anyone," Vettel said. "I´ll take the time that I need to take a 決定／判定勝ち（する） for myself first. Everything is an 選択 at the moment: carry on, have a break, or retire. It depends on what sort of 選択s are around."
Racing Point, which will become Aston ツバメ next season, may also 形態／調整 up as on 選択 if the team keeps 改善するing. Sergio Perez finished sixth 運動ing for Racing Point - which is 力／強力にするd by a Mercedes engine - at last Sunday's season-開始 Austrian GP.
"Racing Point left a very strong impression and they´re certainly in a good place for this year," Vettel said. "I know some members of the team やめる 井戸／弁護士席 from my part, and for a long time."
Vettel had discussions with Renault about their 空いている seat for 2021 but "at no point 固める／コンクリート enough or 根底となる 会談," he said.
Renault instead re-雇うd Fernando Alonso, who won his two world 肩書を与えるs with the French 製造業者 in 2005 and '06.
"They´ve gone a different direction so it doesn´t change much for me," Vettel said. "It really depends on my 決定／判定勝ち（する）, which I´m not (feeling) 圧力 to take in the next couple of days."
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Mechanics 押し進める the car of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen as they practice tires change at the Red Bull （犯罪の）一味 racetrack in Spielberg, Austria, Thursday, July 9, 2020. Styrian 決まり文句／製法 One Grand Prix will be held on Sunday. (AP photo/Darko Bandic)
Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel of Germany, 権利 and Charles Leclerc of Monaco speak during a news 会議／協議会 at the Red Bull （犯罪の）一味 racetrack in Spielberg, Austria, Thursday, July 9, 2020. Styrian 決まり文句／製法 One Grand Prix will be held on Sunday. (Bryn Lennon/Pool 経由で AP)
