“Hope You Come Back”: Lewis Hamilton Puts in an Emotional Request for Retirement-Bound Sebastian Vettel

Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel are two of the greatest Formula 1 drivers, without a doubt. With 11 F1 world titles shared between them, the duo has not only taken the F1 world by storm but also shared some brilliant competition over the years. Now, as the German is set to leave next year, Hamilton has some emotional words for him.

During the 2022 summer break, Vettel announced that he would retire from the sport at the end of this season. In an Instagram post, the German broke the news to his fans, following which good wishes poured in from everywhere.

Lewis Hamilton was one of the many to send his wishes to the Aston Martin driver and now wonders if he’ll be back. As the sport moved on from the summer break, Hamilton opened up on the former Ferrari driver post-Japanese Grand Prix, yet again.

The Briton conveyed in a video, “I hope you come back, I hope you take one rest off and then realize you miss it and come back.” Hamilton further added, “He’s got a lot of compassion …He is a good ally.”

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The 35-year-old German has had a glorious F1 career that spread across 16 years. In these years where he has 296 race starts as of now, Vettel has picked up four driver’s championships, 53 wins, 57 pole positions, and 38 fastest laps; he ranks among the top three drivers in the world statistically after Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher.

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As Hamilton wants Vettel to take a break and come back to the sport once again, the German might just do the same, just not on the track. Admittedly, Vettel and Hamilton have been the two leading voices when it comes to environmental concerns and other humanitarian issues.

While the former Red Bull driver wore a water T-shirt at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix to raise concerns about climate change, Hamilton has been actively involved with the same as well.

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As Hamilton will be staying on the F1 scene for quite some years now, he will definitely miss Vettel on track. It’ll be interesting to see how the seven-time world champion bids farewell to the four-time world champion in the last race at Abu Dhabi.