BERLIN - Sebastian Vettel's former team chief at Toro Rosso
believes the German is still capable of winning Formula One races and
challenging for titles - if he can secure a suitable team in future.
The 32-year-old Vettel will leave Ferrari at the end of this season
and it is not clear where he will drive in 2021 or if he will retire
from the sport.
But Franz Tost, who led Toro Rosso when Vettel made his debut in
2008, backed his former driver.
"The end of something always means the start of something," Tost told
the Formula 1 homepage. "It really depends on what seat he gets.
"He needs to get a seat in the first three teams. Then he has a real
chance to win races and another championship. I know Sebastian quite
well, and that is for sure his main target."
The only feasible move for Vettel within the top three would seem to
be Mercedes as Red Bull, where he won the world championship four
times 2010-2013, have ruled out a return.
Both Mercedes drivers, world champion Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri
Bottas, are out of contract in 2020.