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Laurence Edmondson, F1 Editor
Sebastian Vettel will drive the well-known Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit in a System One automobile later this yr when he’s reunited along with his championship-winning Crimson Bull RB7.
The four-time world champion retired on the finish of final season after a 16-year profession in F1, however is because of return to the cockpit of his 2011 automobile on the Crimson Bull System Nurburgring pageant on September 9.
For the demonstration run, the RB7 will probably be powered by E-fuels and take to the 14.1-mile Nordschleife circuit. Vettel additionally used carbon-neutral fuels to drive a lap of Silverstone in Nigel Mansell’s 1992 championship-winning automobile finally yr’s British Grand Prix.
The run will happen on the identical weekend because the Nurburgring 12 Hours and Daniel Ricciardo can also be scheduled to drive a lap of the Nordschleife in a Crimson Bull RB8.
A contemporary System One automobile has not pushed the daunting circuit, nicknamed ‘The Inexperienced Hell’, since Michael Schumacher accomplished an illustration run in a Mercedes in 2013.
Vettel drove the Crimson Bull RB7 to the 2011 title, with the automobile securing 18 pole positions from 19 races and 12 grand prix victories.
