Sebastian Vettel is one of the greats of the sport. The boy from Heppenheim has had an illustrious career during which he’s won 53 races, 4 world titles, and much more. The Aston Martin driver announced that he would be hanging his helmet at the end of this season. Tributes have been pouring in for the German legend as he sets to race one last time in Abu Dhabi.
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Among the many people paying tribute to the former Red Bull driver, recently crowned F1 winner George Russell was one of them. The Mercedes driver exchanged his helmet with Seb and clicked a picture.
George later shared the picture and tweeted from his account, “Seb, you have a small head. Pleasure to swap helmets with you mate, you’re a legend. I hope you enjoy your last F1 race!!”
Fans could not contain their laughter as the size difference of their helmets was pretty evident. Russell also shared the message shared by Vettel on his helmet. The German wrote, “To George, it’s been great to see you coming up. Many big moments ahead. Stay on track and enjoy.”
Fans will also hope to see Hamilton and Alonso perform the doughnut celebrations again in tribute to Sebastian’s illustrious career.
F1 Twitter reacts to retiring legend Sebastian Vettel and George Russell’s helmet swap
As Seb prepares to wear his helmet one more time n Abu Dhabi, George Russell and Seb exchanged their helmets. Fans on Twitter reacted to Seb and George’s helmet swap on the social media platform. Furthermore, they could not believe the massive size difference in their heads.
— lemnis (@Iemniscata_) November 17, 2022
George Russell and Sebastian Vettel swapped helmets 😂 pic.twitter.com/K86hbe9l73
— Stefanie (@fastpitstop) November 17, 2022
Seb & George helmet's swap is exactly what I need in my life. pic.twitter.com/LvJvn1MdSX
— 𝙑𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 (@vettelhistory) November 17, 2022
Moreover, a few fans shared their personal stories about Seb while others made fun of the size of helmet on Russell’s head.
George Russell having Red Bull jumper is basically a plot twist XDD
This is so cool, I mean, I remember 2007 and Vettel's first race in USA GP where he replaced Kubica in Sauber. I was 11 yo and so mad he replaced Kubica so good XD and then here we go 4x World Champ #AbuDhabiGP https://t.co/5LlURJfm7d— mgr dariapolonia🇵🇱 (@DariaPolonia) November 17, 2022
Seb and george swapping helmets 🥹 pic.twitter.com/T8LfDmmw0r
— vi (@leclercsel) November 17, 2022
First helmet swap of the weekend for Seb Vettel. George might need some help getting it off😅 #AbuDhabiGP https://t.co/0ERrUQUd5E
— Ed Spencer (@EdSpencer99) November 17, 2022
Fans also made fun of how small Sebastian Vettel’s head is compared to the gigantic head of George Russell.
seb’s head is so small look how squished charles is 😭 and george couldn’t even get it on fully pic.twitter.com/8tCTEGdzCR
— s (@itgirlreads) November 17, 2022
george’s helmet looks so huge in seb’s hand😭😭 pic.twitter.com/XvgWkUGDhw
— leen (@dragonfruitrb) November 17, 2022
Similarly, fans joked that the Mercedes driver should respect Seb’s helmet.
bro you can even tell from looking at the helmet size difference that george was NEVER going to fit that lmao, seb and his small head pic.twitter.com/Sm73SWq3M5
— caitlin (@sebaestianlove) November 17, 2022
George Russell please hahahahahah
That’s Seb helmet, respect it 😂#AbuDhabiGP pic.twitter.com/E9INAmR6XA— Anastasia❄️ (@AnaCama_5544) November 17, 2022
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So, George was fanboying about Seb back in the day 😆
I understand that, the issue is that you never stop being one George!!!!! 😅 #DankeSeb https://t.co/g8zmronpz2— Pau #DANKESEB (@EJperfection) November 17, 2022
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53 race wins and 298 race entries later, Seb will be poignant heading into the weekend’s race in Abu Dhabi. Moreover, he will be hoping to finish his final year in F1 inside the top 10 of the driver’s championship. He’s currently 13 points behind 10th place Valtteri Bottas. Can Seb work his magic one final time in F1?