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Vettel, Aston Martin, Hungary

'Vocal' Vettel "wonderful" for Formula 1

Vettel, Aston Martin, Hungary — Photo: © LAT Images

'Vocal' Vettel "wonderful" for Formula 1

Vettel has leant his voice to numerous social issues across the season

Aston Martin team principal Otmar Szafnauer has described Sebastian Vettel's social campaigning as "wonderful" after continuing his efforts in Saudi Arabia.

Vettel has put his name to a number of causes since joining Aston Martin from Ferrari this season, publicly supporting the LGBTQ+ community in Hungary and again this weekend.

Ahead of the race at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Vettel also ran a karting event exclusively for women. In the Kingdom, women have only been legally permitted to drive since 2018.

All of these examples followed the German's initial headline-grabbing decision to collect litter in the grandstands after the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and build a bee hotel in Austria

“He has done a great job for us," said Szafnauer.

“As far as his voice, he did a karting event on Thursday for ladies and girls where he taught them some karting skills and I think that kind of thing that he does is wonderful for us all.

“I think he spent hours at Silverstone picking up rubbish and that wasn’t a publicity stunt, he did it because he wanted to collect some of the rubbish from underneath the grandstands at a place where he was a part of the show.

“For him to do things like that I think is wonderful.”

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