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Vettel seriously considered quitting F1 - Horner

Sebastian Vettel nearly walked away from Formula 1 last year because of the massive changes the sport underwent, claims his former boss Christian Horner. The four-time champion was reportedly unhappy with the direction the sport took and he was never one to shy away from making his feelings public. "Seb didn't enjoy the regulation changes," Horner told the Guardian. "He didn't enjoy the new engine, the feel from the new system, the power unit, the brake-by-wire, the lack of downforce. "You could tell he wasn't happy. He was preoccupied and to compound that his team-mate won three races. There was that feeling 'am I enjoying this as much as I thought I was?'" The...
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