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Vettel spotted cleaning up trash after ‘disappointing’ British GP

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4 years ago
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Vettel spotted cleaning up trash after ‘disappointing’ British GP
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Sebastian Vettel’s British Grand Prix ended in disappointment after a mid-race spin followed by a retirement, but that didn’t stop the Aston Martin driver from participating in a clean-up operation around the circuit.

The four-time World Champion pulled on a pair of gloves and grabbed some bags as he joined in the effort to clear the grandstands of rubbish left behind by the 140,000 spectators.

Vettel looked set for a points finish as he had been running within the top ten, but as he battled Alpine’s Fernando Alonso, he dipped a wheel on the grass and spun, dropping him to the back of the pack, before later retiring.

“The weekend was looking promising and, without all the problems, I should have finished well inside the points. I am very disappointed to lose the car in a wheel-to-wheel battle with Fernando [Alonso]. I am not sure exactly what happened, but I misjudged it, lost grip, and spun.

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“After that, I was right at the back. In the end we did not finish the race because the team retired the car with a cooling issue.”

Many wouldn’t blame the German for heading home, but Vettel stayed behind to collect rubbish in a feel good story from an action-packed race weekend.

Vettel has taken part in several off-track activities recently. In Austria he helped to build a bee hotel at the Spielberg circuit which was based on an F1 car and he handed out wild flower seed packets to fans.

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Comments 4

  1. Dami says:
    4 years ago

    This says a lot about Vettel’s character. It also says a lot about the character of the fans who left all that rubbish behind, but in a much less praiseworthy way. I wonder how many of them like to talk about what needs to be done to improve the environment.

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    • Cyril Kenny says:
      4 years ago

      Totally agree, no one cleans up after themselves these days 🙄. Every day I become less a fan of most humans 😣

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  2. J. Ying says:
    4 years ago

    Smells like a PR stunt. For years now Vettel has been shilling hard for movements controlled by left-wing corporations and politicians like global warming — err, climate change (name change due to many areas of the world now being colder than normal which has killed the absurd narrative of “global warming”). How long until he joins Formula E and is rubbing elbows with Agag and corporate-backed, doomsday pushing, jet riding celebs like Leonardo DiCaprio?

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  3. J. Ying says:
    4 years ago

    Smells like a PR stunt. I’d like to believe it’s not, but for years now Vettel has been shilling hard for movements controlled by left-wing corporations and politicians like global warming — err, climate change (name change due to many areas of the world now being colder than normal which has killed the absurd narrative of “global warming”). How long until he joins Formula E and is rubbing elbows with Agag and corporate-backed, doomsday pushing, jet riding celebs like Leonardo DiCaprio to push for a move to toxic lithium batteries to pollute the world even further?

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