Vettel announced that he would e♒nd his 15-year career, which has yiel🍸ded four 💝world championships, at the end of this season.

He had previously been in talks with Aston Martin over extending his stay but, according to his fath𓂃er, a disas▨trous weekend in Austria was a catalyst to retire.

"﷽It's a shame♓, but I understand him," Norbert Vettel told German TV station RTL.

"It was an incredible 𝓡career for my son but the low p▨oint was Austria. 

“It hurt him so much to drive around at the end of t♔he field a♕nd that accelerated those thoughts for him.”

Vettel 🦄finished last, of all the drivers who completed the race, at the F1 Austrian G🅺rand Prix.

He was also punished with a suspended fine of €25,000 for w💧alking out of the dꦫrivers’ briefing.

Vettel ended the weekend by calling for life ba𝐆ns for abusive fans, after reports of sexual harassment in Austria.

Fabian Vette꧟l, the driver’s brother, told RTL: "Through his enthusiasm for nature and the other people who live on this planet, he will invest a lot of time on that.”

Vettel sits 14th in the 2022 stan🤪dings ahead of the F1 ꦆHungarian Grand Prix.

He has admitted that he is "scared of▨ what's to come" after ending his F1༒ career. He will leave a vacant Aston Martin seat and appeared to tip🌞 Mick Schumacher, who he mentors, to replace him.