The Horner case also calls to account the four-time world champion, Sebastian Vettel, interviewed about what is happening in his former team, Red Bull. Sebastian's name, we remember, has been brought up several times for a possible return to Formula 1. The future of several teams and several drivers will depend on what happens in Red Bull. However, According to Vettel, the power plays that emerged in this matter do not contribute to the good of sport. Much less the pilots who thus fade into the background.
Sebastian Vettel has always tried to bring his own ideas to Formula 1 to set a useful example for the entire category. Sometimes, taking risks and rather heavy fines. His return to Formula 1 has been put under scrutiny several times, and he himself has never denied embracing racing again. Especially now that in the paddock there is only talk of two things: the rider market and the Horner case. As regards the first issue, Vettel has not yet spoken out, although he stated that he has had contact with Toto Wolff, who is looking for a driver for 2025.
"I retired from Formula 1 not to return, but I also said you never know. I'm talking to Toto, I don't know if this can be defined as Mercedes, but about other things,” Vettel said. “There are ideas I have, events I'm planning for the future. So I also spoke with many other team principals, and not just about racing."
Vettel's appeal: “We need transparency”
As regards the Horner case, which is talked about every day due to the many updates, Vettel invited Red Bull, his former team, in an interview with Sky Sports to shed more light on the issue. Clarifying that such a situation risks penalizing sports, teams and riders. In such a condition, it becomes difficult for everyone to work.
“There has been a lot of talk about it since the beginning of the year and it is very difficult to know everything about these things. It would be nice if there was simply more transparency, so that we can form an opinion. I think it's always difficult when you read one thing, then a different thing and then the opposite. Now it's going around in circles. The sad thing is that Max is doing a great job, many members of the team – who I still remember from when I raced there – are doing a great job behind the scenes and this is overshadowed".
Who risks being penalized in all this is Max Verstappen which at the moment finds itself between two factions, that of Horner and the Thais and the Austrian faction.
