‘If Vettel thinks he’s an environmental sinner, he has to stop’

Sebastian Vettel has been urged to retire from Formula 1 if his conscience is getting the better of him over the sport’s impact on the environment.

The four-time former World Champion has become an outspoken campaigner on a variety of issues, and attracted plenty of attention with a recent appearance on BBC TV political debating programme ‘Question Time’.

During that show, Vettel admitted he had questioned whether he should even be still be racing in F1, saying: “When I get out of the car, of course I’m thinking as well ‘is this something we should do, travel the world, wasting resources?’”

The 34-year-old was responding to a question about whether being involved in F1 made him a hypocrite when placed alongside his environmental concerns, to which he replied: “It does, because there are questions I ask myself every day and I’m not a saint.”

“You've talked a lot about energy…does that make you a hypocrite?”

“When I get out of the car, of course I’m thinking, is this something that we should do?”

On #bbcqt tonight, F1 driver Sebastian Vettel and the panel discuss the energy crisis.

Join us at 10.40pm on @BBCOne. pic.twitter.com/LVMMs4CuvY

— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) May 12, 2022

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