Had enough, unlikely to win another one, plenty of sponsership deals coming in, move to media while still relevent, maybe have a go at a LeMans drive while still capable.. there are reasons.
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Had enough, unlikely to win another one, plenty of sponsership deals coming in, move to media while still relevent, maybe have a go at a LeMans drive while still capable.. there are reasons.
[quote=NSXType-R;1015855]I'm not sure why you'd retire when you're in your early 30s too, but Jackie Stewart also retired when he was 34, although it was probably because F1 was dangerous back then more than anything else. Not that F1 isn't dangerous still though, just that it's significantly safer now.[/quote]
And a three-time World Champion.
[quote=pimento;1015856]Had enough, unlikely to win another one, plenty of sponsership deals coming in, move to media while still relevent, maybe have a go at a LeMans drive while still capable.. there are reasons.[/quote]
In essence, it was fairly impossible to ever win anything again.
By the way does anyone remember any other single World Championship winner that retired just after winning?
[quote=Ferrer;1015858]By the way does anyone remember any other single World Championship winner that retired just after winning?[/quote]
Mansell quit F1 after his championship but kept racing.
[URL="http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/valtteri-bottas-gets-mercedes-f1-seat-felipe-massa-un-1791253026"]Bottas in at Merc, Massa deretires for Williams[/URL].
Looking forward to see Bottas take it to Hamilton.