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Nicholas Latifi has praised Sebastian Vettel for having the welfare of all racing drivers at heart, not only his contemporaries in Formula 1.

Barring a big change of mind, Vettel will leave F1 at the end of this season as a four-time World Champion with his career having begun in 2007.

During the intervening 15 years, the German has matured into a hugely respected figure knowledgeable about a broad range of subjects both within and outside of the sport.

Among the motorsport-related topics closest to Vettel’s heart is, understandably, safety and that ties in perfectly with his role as a director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association – a position to which he was first appointed in 2010, the year of his first world title triumph.

At this season’s Austrian Grand Prix, Vettel received a suspended fine of 25,000 euros from the FIA after he reportedly flounced out of a drivers’ briefing without permission to leave, frustrated by an argument among his rivals and stewards.

Latifi has expressed admiration for the 35-year-old Aston Martin driver and how he is prepared to speak up for all competitors, especially when it comes to issues such as ‘sausage kerbs’ on circuits – which Vettel said “have to disappear” following a pair of frightening incidents at last year’s United States Grand Prix.

“Sebastian is definitely one of the more vocal ones – that’s not the right word, but he’s definitely one of the drivers