Vettel coated 581km on the wheel of Porsche Penske Motorsport’s WEC challenger at Aragon earlier this week.
The four-time Components 1 world champion had beforehand taken half in a simulator day in addition to an inaugural run on the German marque’s Weissach observe.
Regardless of taking part in down additional alternatives earlier than the check, claiming “for the time being there aren’t any additional plans for the long run”, Vettel has now acknowledged the potential for collaborating within the French endurance basic for the primary time.
Talking throughout a press convention in his position as Perple sports activities drink’s ambassador, Vettel clarified: “I used to be curious how these vehicles behave, and that was the rationale for the check. It was a really good expertise, I loved it lots, I had numerous enjoyable.
“Now I must assume and determine, and make my thoughts up what I perhaps need to do by way of racing sooner or later. However I do not know but.”
Vettel retired from F1 on the finish of the 2022 marketing campaign, concluding a profitable 16-year profession throughout which he took 57 pole positions and 122 podium finishes, together with 53 race wins.
When he introduced his retirement in July 2022, the German defined: “My objectives have shifted from profitable races and preventing for championships to seeing my kids develop, passing on my values, serving to them up after they fall, listening to them after they want me, not having to say goodbye and most significantly with the ability to be taught from them and allow them to encourage me.”
Sebastian Vettel, Porsche 963
Photograph by: Porsche Motorsport
Subsequently, Vettel has not taken half in any aggressive racing since leaving F1, though he’s understood to have been in preliminary talks with Porsche buyer squad Jota for a WEC programme final 12 months.
Porsche will now enter a 3rd manufacturing unit automotive at Circuit de la Sarthe to spice up its probabilities, having taken pole place, victory and a double podium end within the inaugural spherical of the 2024 WEC season in Qatar earlier this month.
Porsche had beforehand acknowledged that it could use its IMSA SportsCar Championship roster to finish the line-up for its third Le Mans entry, leaving Nick Tandy, Felipe Nasr and Dane Cameron as the one drivers within the working to share the #4 automotive alongside Mathieu Jaminet, who has already been nominated by the German constructor on the entry checklist.
Porsche had been planning to announce the total line-up in both late March or early April however might need modified its stance following Vettel’s profitable check in Spain.
As a possible Le Mans debut turns into extra credible, Vettel was requested whether or not he would have the Perple drink in his automotive throughout these 24 Hours. “If I determine to… I will let you know what, it was within the drinks pouch after I examined the automotive!” he replied. “So yeah, ought to I race in Le Mans, 100% it is going to be there, as a result of it is precisely what I would want at a race the place you sit within the automotive for a really very long time.”
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