Running for a good cause
Sebastian Vettel returns to racing. Not in Formula 1, however, and not even in another automotive category. The German champion has in fact chosen to put on his running shoes and try his hand at a challenge that is anything but light: completing the 42 km and 195 meters of the London Marathon, scheduled for next 26 April in the English capital. This new challenge for the four-time world champion is driven by a noble interest, that of charity.
Vettel will in fact participate in the race together with F1 journalist and host of the Beyond The Grid podcast Tom Clarkson: the goal of the two will be to raise funds for the Grand Prix Trust, which provides support to F1 track and factory personnel, and for the Brain & Spine Foundation, founded by former F1 medical head Professor Sid Watkins, which helps people suffering from neurological conditions.
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This is just the latest in a series of challenges and charitable initiatives that Vettel has undertaken in the years following his retirement: many of these had also brought him back inside the F1 paddock. The former Red Bull and Ferrari star, for example, participated in the São Paulo GP weekend last year to involve the paddock in his F1FOREST project, whose goal was to raise more awareness on the issue of deforestation. Previously, the German had created a biodiversity project called Buzzin’ Corner and organized an event in Saudi Arabia renamed Race4Women, aimed at bringing the women of that country closer to the world of motorsport.
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