The cooldown room speculation about Vettel returning to F1

Podium trio Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez reflected on the race and on the potential comeback of Vettel whose esteemed career is now over.

Perez: What happened at the start?

Verstappen: A wheel spin as soon as I dropped the clutch.

Leclerc: It was tiring, huh?

Verstappen: What’s that?

Leclerc: It was tiring.

Verstappen: Especially when you have to go flat-out until the end.

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Perez: For me, it was like a two-lap race.

Leclerc: I was pushing all the way.

Verstappen: With the wets on, we were pushing… but not really.

Leclerc: Kevin Magnussen wouldn’t let me past and I lost 1.5s.

Perez: I was following Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon.

Perez: It didn’t feel like a goodbye to Seb. No?

Leclerc: Sorry?

Perez: It didn’t feel like a goodbye. I get the feeling he will come back.

Leclerc: I don’t think he will come back.