Vettel would extend with the Ferrari, even before the start of the season

The 32-year-old German rider told reporters in a telephone conference call that it now appears that this year’s season may only begin in June or July, and he may agree with the Maranello stable before that. Vettel’s contract expires at the end of the year, but he has repeatedly stated that he wants to stay, and Ferrari has indicated that he wants to keep the German driver alongside Charles Leclerc of Monaco.

“Obviously a lot depends on when we have our first race, but chances are we’ll make a decision before that,” Vettel said, adding that he can’t yet tell if he will extend a year or possibly more with Ferrari. . - "Whatever the content of the agreement will be, I and the team will be happy with it, but I can't say anything about the duration yet."

According to the German star, if the season consists of only 10 races instead of 22, the World Cup will be of equal value.

"A season is a season, even if there are 10, 15, 20, or 25 races in it, the one who can deliver the most even performance will win," said Vettel, but indicated that the fewer races there are, the greater the value. there is a victory.

The four-time World Cup winner also reported that he had recently shopped for the simulation, which he had never tried before.

“The truth is, I didn’t have a simulator at home a few days ago, but I’ve heard so much about it that I decided to do an experiment, though, I still have to set it up,” Vettel said.

Formula 1 has launched a series of virtual races in a forced break due to the epidemic, including Leclerc, Lando Norris (McLaren), Alexander Albon (Red Bull), Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) and two Williams drivers, George Russell and Nicholas Latifi. She received. Max Verstappen, the Dutch driver for Red Bull, also simulates regularly, though he doesn’t use the official F1 program.

Season 71 of the World Speed Car Championship would have started in Australia in mid-March, but due to the coronavirus epidemic, their entire race weekend in Melbourne was canceled shortly before the first free practice. The battles in Bahrain, Vietnam, China, the Netherlands, Spain, Monaco, Azerbaijan and Canada were then canceled, respectively. So the season could have started with the French Grand Prix at the earliest, but the race scheduled for June 28 is also likely to have to be postponed as Head of State Emmanuel Macron changed the date for the ban on mass events on Monday.

The Austrian Grand Prix on 5 July could be the first to be held, followed by the British Grand Prix on 19 July and the Hungarian Grand Prix on 2 August.

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