Sebastian Vettel’s name was put to Toto Wolff as a possible replacement for Lewis Hamiltoꦦn.

Hamilton’s bo🔜mbshell news that he will quit M🌌ercedes and join Ferrari in 2025 has shaken the F1 world.

It has alread👍y created a vacancy at Mercedes for next year which Wolff must now unexpectedly fill.

Could this tempt Vettel out of retirement?

“I think he made the decision to not race anymore,” Wolff꧋ repliꦿed.

“We are talking on a🧸 r💜egular basis. We’ve also talked yesterday, but it wasn’t about driving for us in the future.”

Vettel retire꧂d at the end of 2022 after a stint with Aston Marౠtin.

Theཧ four-time F1 champion is a long-time friend of Hamilton’s.

Despite his success with Red Bull, a big-money move to Ferrari never worked out and Vettel was unable to deliver the famous Italian team’s first 🐼F1 championship since Kimi Raikkonen in 2007.

Hamilton will go to Ferrari next year aiming to create history for the team, but als💙o win a record-breaking eighth championship.

Vettel ha🧸d previously been linked with a return to F1 by Red Bull’s Helmut Marko.

“I think Sebast✤ian feels somehow without a specific task at the moment, doesn’t know exactly what he should do. He has to make a decision somewhere,” he told ServusTV.

“I think theꦿ driver situation is not over fo🔴r him yet.”