Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel sees environmental protection as a risk to the reputation of the premier class. “If Formula 1 is not careful, it will have a serious problem very soon,” said the 33-year-old in an interview with the April issue of Playboy .
“Profitable business” is “a common goal in our society,” but this approach “does not help everyone. It might be better to adapt the framework conditions so that it benefits everyone. I believe that we are in for this idea Formula 1 is still a long way off and we have a lot of catching up to do. “
Vettel does not see electric mobility as a “panacea, even with a view to road traffic. But it is a way of doing things better.” Above all, the symbolic character is important: “That there are solutions that we must and can work on. Formula 1 could also work on it and thus take responsibility.”
He himself tries to “make my contribution on a small scale”. During walks in the woods in his adopted Swiss home, “I pick up the rubbish that I see there and throw it away. And I recently got a photovoltaic system on the roof.”
