“I love being outside and love nature and its wonders,” declared Sebastian Vettel as his retirement message when he decided to hang his boots ahead of the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix. While the man who has a bee hotel in Austria was also visibly vocal about the environment with his fellow racer and activist Lewis Hamilton, he has now pulled a one-up on the 7x champion by converting his words into solid action.

Let us go through the crucial words Vettel used in his speech when he decided to hang his boots for good. Vettel said he believed in progress and that every bit makes a difference and the man currently enjoying the initial months of his retirement has already begun on his mission. Moreover, the decisive times he mentioned needed affirmative action right away. And the man is doing just that. As quoted by RTL news, Vettel has already started at home in Switzerland.

“We have a flower meadow in the shape of a heart.” It was a lot of work, but it was worth it. “When it’s humming and buzzing in the meadow, that’s great,” says Vettel. It’s about “taking back islands in a world in which man has increasingly pushed nature back”.

“Everyone can make a contribution to environmental protection,” says Vettel. The whole discussion about the climate is “not about our beautiful world, but very much about our continued existence,” says Vettel. “We don’t have much time,” he refers to forecasts by climate researchers, which present gloomy scenarios if humanity does not act decisively.

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While the man is doing his bit, Lewis Hamilton’s boss Toto Wolff has posed a big “if” for the sustainability of the sport that aims to go to Net Zero by 2030.

Toto Wolff dismisses Sebastian Vettel’s call for sustainability

While doing a feature with Acker Magazin with his daughter, Rosa, Toto Wolff was asked about the sustainability issues Sebastian addressed towards the end of his career and also, Wolff’s previous driver, Nico Rosberg’s call for going electric. In the end, she asked him what are you doing to give back.

Wolff began his answer by dismissing Vettel and Rosberg’s comments, “The truth is that with this global presence we can influence things. We have a billion viewers every year and can present our technologies here. If it’s possible to reduce our emissions by developing a sustainable technology that can be used in cars in the future – then that’s important!”

He ended it with a strong message for the future. He said, “We are already driving with a biofuel. By 2026, we will have an engine that is 50 percent electric and 50 percent combustion, running on 100 percent sustainable fuel. This is important in that because it is about the energy transition. If we can give an initial impetus there that this fuel is not only more sustainable but also affordable and also delivers a corresponding performance, then we have made an important contribution.” [translated via Google Translate]

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What are your thoughts on the sustainability concerns surrounding the high carbon footprint sport of F1?