Sebastian Vettel gets pulled aside by police to let his $260 Million worth replacement pass at the Belgian GP

Samriddhi Jaiswal | 27/08/2022
Sebastian Vettel gets pulled aside by police to let his $260 Million worth replacement pass at the Belgian GP

Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel revealed that he was pulled aside by the police at the Belgian GP to let his replacement pass.

Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the 2022 season. He will be replaced by two-time world champion and his former rival Fernando Alonso from the 2023 season.

Although, that is not the only place where the Spaniard is replacing the 4-time world champion. Returning to the track ahead of the 2022 Belgian GP, Vettel said that he was pulled aside by the police to let Alonso pass by in his Renault.

In a video released on the internet, Vettel describes the incident to the audience and his teammate Lance Stroll, referring to Alonso as Stroll’s next teammate.

Vettel said, “I was coming down the hill with the bicycle. Then there were four police bikes, pushing and shouting me out of the way. And then there was a Renault driven by Fernando.” The Aston Martin driver then asked the host to bring this up with Alonso.

The German driver shared the story with the audience gathered at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit to witness the qualifying on Saturday.

Alonso’s signing with the Aston Martin was announced during the summer break. The news was followed by a huge dispute between Alpine and their driver Oscar Piastri.

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Sebastian Vettel was in the middle, says Alonso

After Vettel got off the stage and Alonso came to greet the audience, the host made sure to bring up the incident.

When asked, Alonso who has a net worth of $260 Million said, “Yes, he[Vettel] was in the middle of the road. I mean, he was very slow. He was uphill. I think he needed to keep pedalling but yes I saw him. I wasn’t driving the car but yeah he was quite slow.”

F1 Twitter erupted with hilarious comments as the 4-time world champion described the incident.

Also Read: $140 million driver shares his reaction to being replaced by Fernando Alonso

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Samriddhi Jaiswal

Samriddhi Jaiswal is an F1 editor and writer at The SportsRush. She started her career as a business journalist but soon found her calling in lights out here we go! Samriddhi has been a Ferrari fan even when her interaction with F1 was occasional. Her first real experience with the thrilling sport came when Charles Leclerc clinched his iconic victory in Spa and Monza and painted the track red. Now, a Tifosi, Samriddhi is a hardcore fan of the prancing horse and can relate to the chaos within the Italian camp and also admires Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Off the track, she finds her home in books and musical instruments.

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