Vettel and Co. dream of Formula 1 on the Nordschleife

“It would be great if we could drive on the Nordschleife. It is the best track in the world,” said Ferrari driver Vettel at the press conference before the Eifel Grand Prix (Sunday, 14.10:5,148 p.m.), which will be held on the XNUMX km long Grand Prix circuit. Vettel (33) remembered how, when he was 17, he almost had an accident with a private car on the Nordschleife: “I treated the car like a sports car, but it wasn’t.” Also the Australian Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo and the Spaniard Carlos Sainz (McLaren) self-deprecatingly looked back on adventurous journeys on the 22,835 km long route, which was last part of the Formula 1976 calendar in 1 and was deemed too dangerous after Niki Lauda's fire accident. When asked about a possible participation in the annual 24-hour race on the Nordschleife, Vettel was quite open-minded. “This is one of the biggest challenges in motorsport. Who knows, why not? But that is more of a question for the next few years,” said the German. Returns not out of the question Meanwhile, Nürburgring managing director Mirco Markfort has not completely given up on a Formula 1 comeback on the Nordschleife. “The dream is certainly there for us too. That would be really fantastic,” Markfort said in an interview car motor and sport: “In order to make progress on this issue, all parties would have to come to the table – from the FIA and Liberty Media to the racing teams and the drivers. We would have to work together to see how we can implement this. We always act according to the motto: There is no such thing as impossible.” The Nürburgring only slipped into the racing calendar at short notice due to the corona pandemic. Originally, no German racetrack had a contract for the 2020 season; the Nürburgring last hosted a Formula 2013 race in 1.

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Vettel and Co. dream of Formula 1 on the Nordschleife

Numerous Formula 1 drivers around four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel rave about the Nürburgring Nordschleife - and would like to compete in a Grand Prix in the "Green Hell".

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