“Not That Important”: Retiring Sebastian Vettel Sends Emotional Parting Words to a Little Boy in Singapore

It was race day in Marina Bay, Singapore! Sebastian Vettel, the ‘Lion of Singapore’, was on a live interview with Sky Sports before the big event was about to start. With it being one of his last few races, Vettel ended up sharing a rather adorable story.

Vettel, once the youngest champion, and a record holder for most consecutive wins, announced his departure from F1 a few weeks back. A lot of Vettel’s fanned hoped for him to stay longer on the grid. However, Vettel emphasizes not wanting to ‘ignore’ other things in his life.

While talking to Sky Sports before the race, Vettel brought up a brief incident that had just taken place.

Vettel went on to say, “A little boy just came up to me and said he was very, very sorry about my retirement. I told him I thanked him for loving me, but I was not that important…”

Sebastian Vettel is always setting precedence for modesty, and here is just another example of the talented driver downplaying his achievements.

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Although he couldn’t do any better than P14 in the qualifying, he ended up finishing P8 in the race, adding 4 more points to his tally.

Sebastian Vettel disappointed about Yesterday

At qualifying in Singapore, Aston Martin went with the strategy of using slick tires later in Q2, which didn’t bode well for the team.

Since it had rained before the session, there were plenty of wet patches along the circuit and so, a lot of drivers started with the intermediate tires.

Aston then made a quick shift to soft reds for both Vettel and Lance Stroll However, Sebastian claims that the shift to the dry tires took place rather quickly and there should’ve been more of a wait before going through with that decision.

As per F1-Insider, He said, “We were a bit too aggressive and went on dry tires too early.”

“The track wasn’t quite ready for that yet. The gut feeling said inters, but then others are already on dry [tires] and we didn’t want to miss this move, especially since you don’t have much time to make a decision. In retrospect, I should have been stronger and insisted on inters.”

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Vettel is about to move on soon from the F1 grid, leaving us heartbroken. Do you think he would be able to get a few good outings before he parts ways with F1?