Aston Martin F1 team boss Otmar Szafnauer says Sebastian Vettel is fully motivated ahead of the start of the new Formula 1 season and is already pushing the team forward with his ideas and questions thanks to his experience with winning teams.

Aston Martin F1 team principal and CEO Otmar Szafnauer believes they can get the best out of Sebastian Vettel and allow him to enjoy the driving again, but also warns him that it won’t be easy for him against new team-mate Lance Stroll who is ‘very, very fast’.

Sebastian Vettel says that he is sorry that in six years with Ferrari he failed to win the title, but that this failure will not bother him for the rest of his life and that he believes that he left the team as a better driver than he was.

Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko says Red Bull would have opted for Sebastian Vettel for 2021 instead of Sergio Perez had the German not already signed for Aston Martin and that they didn’t want to sign him earlier because they still believed in Alexander Albon.

Aston Martin F1 team boss Otmar Szafnauer explained why four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel is so important to his team, and says they are sure Lance Stroll is more than capable of doing a good job if they give him a good car.

Sergio Perez believes that Sebastian Vettel made a 'great decision' by moving to his former team, which will be called Aston Martin from this year and will have a 'fantastic car' next year.

Lewis Hamilton won the first F1 race in Austin on this day in 2012 after he defeated Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull who started from pole position, overtaking him on the longest straight with DRS assistance.

Nico Hulkenberg secured his first and only pole position in F1 career after being fastest in Williams FW32 in mixed conditions at Interlagos after beating both Red Bull drivers by more than a second.

Fernando Alonso took the championship lead in the first F1 race in Korea on this day in 2010 after Sebastian Vettel retired with an engine failure and Mark Webber crashed in very difficult conditions.

Sebastian Vettel was brilliant at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix driving Toro Rosso STR3 in which he claimed his first pole position and first victory in his career