Sebastian Vettel Tak Tutup Kemungkinan Kembali Balapan di F1

I Gede Ardy Estrada

Editor: I Gede Ardy Estrada

Pembalap Sebastian Vettel
Pembalap Sebastian Vettel tidak menutup kemungkinan untuk comeback ke F1 suatu hari nanti. (Rahmat Ari Hidayat/Skor.id)

SKOR.id - Sebastian Vettel memutuskan pensiun dari Formula 1 (F1) pada akhir musim 2022. Meski belum berencana comeback, ia tak menutup kemungkinan balapan lagi di ajang jet darat.

Juara dunia F1 empat kali tersebut bergabung ke Aston Martin menyusul musim terakhir yang sangat mengecewaakan bersama Ferrari pada musim 2020.

Setelah dua tahun membalap untuk Aston Martin, Vettel pun memilih menutup kariernya yang terbentang sejak melakoni debutnya di Formula 1 bersama Toro Rosso pada 2007.

Kendati sudah mundur dari F1, ia tidak sepenuhnya berhenti balapan. Baru-baru ini, pria Jerman itu beraksi dalam Race of Champions 2023 dan beberapa demo run.

Termasuk menjajal mobil Red Bull Racing bertenaga E-Fuel, yang dikemudikannya ketika meraih gelar juara dunia Formula 1 keduanya pada 2011, di Sirkuit Nurburgring.

Dalam wawancaranya dengan Martin Brundle untuk Sky Sports F1, Sebastian Vettel mengungkapkan dirinya masih mampu melakukan aksi kompetitif serta merasa fit untuk menjalani balapan.

"Ya tetapi karena saya ingin, bukan karena seperti misalnya, saya (akan) kembali atau jika ada yang absen, saya akan melakukannya, bukan karena itu," kata Vettel soal kemungkinan comeback ke F1.

Brundle lalu menyinggung sejumlah nama pembalap legendaris yang meninggalkan Formula 1 hanya untuk kembali, termasuk Niki Lauda, Alan Prost, Kimi Raikkonen, dan Fernando Alonso.

Dan, Vettel merespons hal tersebut dengan mengindikasikan kemungkinan ia bakal tertarik untuk meniru jejak mereka, datang balapan lagi di F1.

"Saya tidak bisa bilang tidak, karena Anda tak pernah tahu (masa depan). Saya kira itu hal yang jika Anda tanyakan kepada mereka, mungkin beberapa akan mengatakan tidak dan sebagian tidak tahu, tetapi pada akhirnya semuanya kembali. Jadi saya bukan pengecualian," ia menuturkan.

Lebih lanjut Sebastian Vettel menjelaskan jika suatu hari ia comeback ke F1, maka itu akan tergantung pada tantangan yang ada dan apakah cukup meyakinkannya keluar dari masa pensiun.

Mantan pembalap Red Bull tersebut juga tahu di usianya yang ke-36 tahun, walau Lewis Hamilton (38) dan Fernando Alonso (42) sudah membuktikan umur hanyalah angka, ia tak punya banyak waktu jika ingin kembali.  

"Namun itu mungkin akan sangat bergantung pada kapan dan jelas karena di usia 36 tahun, tidak seperti dalam waktu 10 tahun mungkin saya memikirkannya, lalu tanpa terasa waktu akan berlalu," ucap Vettel.

"Tetapi itu bakal tergantung pula pada tantangannya. Yang jelas, (kembali ke F1) tidak ada dalam pikiran saya saat ini. Saya menikmati pandangan soal tantangan apa yang harus dilakukan selanjutnya." 

Source: Sky Sports

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