F1 News: Sebastian Vettel Makes Bold Prediction On Future Of Sport As Combustion Engine Ban Looms

In his push to bring more sustainability to motorsports, four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel has spoken about the effect of banning combustion engines on Formula One as well as on the general public.

Whilst speaking to selected media including F1 Briefings during the Goodwood Festival of Speed weekend, Vettel explained:

"Well, I think I really need to look at it as two different things. I think one is what happens on the road and the other one is what happens on track.

"Now on track, I think there are racing formats where electric has maybe proven that there is a place for it.

"But if you then take the focus on Formula One, the races at the moment are far too long with a 300 kilometre distance and other categories like Le Mans even longer at 24 hours. So I think for those at the minute, it's not an alternative. But again, I think those should be and will be probably two separate things."

He went on to add that sustainable fuels are not the end goal. He continued:

"The efficiency that electric car has nowadays on the road is unbeatable, but I think we have to be open to maybe hydrogen cars in the future or something that hasn't been published or developed yet. So we have to keep digging and keep looking.

"It is probably going to happen that new cars will not be with the normal combustion engine anymore and there will be the switch, a lot of manufacturers have committed, which is at the minute the way to go.

"That's why I also see sustainable fuels and the debate around it more as a sort of bridge technology and not the answer for the future. You would still have pollution, you would still have tailpipe emissions. So it's not fixing the problem.

"It's just, let's say putting it to a neutral level where everything that went in the first place is coming out and you're not doing further harm."

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