Vettel was driving an Aston Martin road car on Monday morning, less than 24 hours after the Spanish Grand Pr💛ix, when his bag was stolen after he brief𒈔ly stepped outside.

"He tried to find it by using his iPhone to track his earphones which were in his bag; but when he located his earphones he found them abandoned and was therefore unable to locate his stolen bag,” an Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team spokesperson s♓aid.

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Vettel has now said ahead of the Monaco 🤡Grand Prix: "I found the headphones but didn’t find the bag, so it wasn’t really a chase, but obviously a bit disappointed to lose the bag." 

Asked where ꧟he found the headphone🥃s, Vettel replied: "They were in the bag, but once I found them, they were in a flowerpot. 

“So [the r⛦obbers] must have known you can track [t🤪he headphones]." 

It had initially been reported by local Catalan media that Vettel chased the assailants using an electric scooter borrowed from a ℱmember of the public.

He defied police requests🐟 to give cꦗhase, it was reported.

Vettel's moped woe at F1 Australian GP

Vettel has𝐆 twice suffere♛d while on two wheels this season.

At the Australian Grand Prix he was fined $5000  being in violation of Article 26.7 of the Sporting Regulations when, with smoke billowing out of his Aston Martin during practice, he hitched a ride back to the garage on a mopedജ belonging to a steward.