Earlier this year, NFL superstar Tom Brady announced he was leaving the sport after winning 7 Super Bowls. The news devastated the football community, but it turned out to be an extremely short retreat that ended in 40 days. As it is impossible to eliminate an athlete’s thirst for victory, the 44-year-old has announced that he will return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2022/23 NFL season.
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In a similar vein, the headline in the F1 paddock is the retirement of 15-year-old veteran Sebastian Vettel. The Aston Martin driver, in his final year of contract, stunned the world by hanging up his racing helmet instead of putting pen to paper for a 16th F1 season.
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The four-time world champion (2010-2013), a living legend of the sport, competed at the top of the grid for much of the 2010s. However, he found himself in an uncompetitive race car and failed to reproduce its former glory. Just like the multi-champion of the NFL, the reason why Vettel decided to quit is his motivation to spend more time with his family than in competition.
In the last two months, I realized that my place was always on the pitch and not in the stands. That time will come. But it’s not now. I love my teammates and I love my family who support me. They make it all possible. I’m coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa. LFG Unfinished Business pic.twitter.com/U0yhRKVKVm
—Tom Brady (@TomBrady) March 13, 2022
Nonetheless, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback returned to football and explained the decision. He stated: “I knew my body, physically, could still do what it could do and obviously I have a love for the game, I think I always will have a love for the game.”
“I think physically I will be able to do it. I just felt like there was still a place for me on the pitch. At the end of the day, I love the competition on the pitch,” he added.
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The 35-year-old racing driver faces 10 races ahead of him in the 2o22 season. Do you think these upcoming races can rekindle his inner racing fire to reevaluate his decision to retire?
F1 Twitter yearns for Sebastian Vettel to pull off a Tom Brady
All F1 enthusiasts could not digest his decision and can already feel how incomplete F1 would be without him. So, they may be hoping that in the same way that Brady couldn’t see himself in the stands instead of the pitch, Vettel can only see himself on the F1 grid.
I hope Seb vettel makes Brady fr…
— assalamualaikumpialaasia (@mhdathar14) July 28, 2022
I would do anything for him to pull a massa, mansell, brady, literally anything. I just want one more full year with him.
— becca (@vettellux) July 29, 2022
I hope Vettel shoots a Tom Brady
—Corey Patton (@CoreyPatton94) July 28, 2022
And it’s the golden age of f1 over.
Sebastian Vettel, please do a Tom Brady— Aidan (@WDChampF1) July 28, 2022
I really hope Sebastian Vettel pulls a Tom Brady. #F1
— Stefan Buczko (@StefanBuczko) July 29, 2022
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sebastian vettel sezon sonu geri doner babalar. tom brady usulu.
—Onur Kavuk (@kavuk_onur) July 28, 2022
The Heppenheim-born racing driver is a crucial piece of the puzzle for Aston Martin. The team is in pursuit of race victories at each Grand Prix, and for this an experienced campaigner is very useful. Following the announcement of his retirement, only an extraordinary second half of the season can motivate Vettel to reassess his decision.
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No one knows what the future holds for us. However, fans want the F1 veteran, like the NFL megastar, to reverse his decision and continue racing with number 5 on the F1 grid.
