The four-time champion thankful for the example set by the late Red Bull Racing team owner.
"It's funny you say that," said Vettel, during media availability on Thursday in Mexico City ahead of this Sunday's F1 Mexican Grand Prix."I don't know if it's a thing in Formula 1 or a general thing in our lives nowadays that we have to answer that question. No, I thought about this decision long and hard and from a lot of angles.
To say the four-time World Champion is ending his incredible career on a high note is not exactly true. After all, Vettel has been to the top of the mountain four times as champion from 2010 to 2013 with Red Bull. His 53 career F1 wins rank third behind only the great Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher .
The end of Vettel's amazing career coincided sadly with the death of Red Bull co-founder and Red Bull Racing team's billionaire owner Dietrich Mateschitz. Vettel raced with a heavy heart last week at Austin after hearing of the 78-year-old Red Bull patriarch's passing one day earlier. That impact has included six F1 Constructors' championships and six Drivers' Championships since Vettel's and Red Bull's first title in 2010. Red Bull clinched its most recent title on the weekend of the team owner's death.
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