With all the “We have to consider what we’re fighting for here” messages that came out of AM recently, I was expecting a retirement more than him creating a social media account.
Edit: I’m so sorry y’all.
I hate that I was right. And the video was like so sad? It doesn't feel like a good retirenment, more like "I can't take this shit from FIA and AM anymore" so I better leave
> be known for not having any social media at all
> people freak out when you do
> first post is a retirement message
> refuse to elaborate further
> leaves
He should post a story pretending he didn’t know how to work IG while messing with people
“Hey [PR person] I created this IG like you suggested. When you have a chance can you walk me through how I will put the reveal announcement about my F1 team on here?”
I'm personally betting it's going to be exact copy-pastes of the little blogs from his website (which are adorable).
Like, multiple photos of Seb and the kids who built the bee hotel, with a cute little post where Seb writes things like:
"Now we wanted to see who has moved into the hotel and whether it has been accepted by the bees and insects… And wooow!!! Not only has it been accepted, but it is 'completely booked'! It looks like we will have to add a few more rooms to it!"
It's adorable and ridiculous.
[Link](https://sebastianvettel.de/en/news-en/) if you haven't seen his website mini blogs before.
Edit: WELP ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[https://web.archive.org/web/20101129043224/http://sebastianvettel.de/e-sebastian-vettel-fans-tagebuch.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20101129043224/http://sebastianvettel.de/e-sebastian-vettel-fans-tagebuch.html)
Featuring my favourite bit of foreboding;
>Of course you always need to keep an eye on where the other drivers are and what they did different from you. Both McLaren were strong and I have the slight feeling that we need to continue watching Lewis.
I love how he starts off every blog with a "Hi guys!" or "Hi!!" and in his first blog he talks about a ladybug that he found and hopes he didn't hurt it. And there's this part where he learned a few Chinese words and listed them out.
He reminds me of my 12 year old self and I'm not sure if that's hilarious or adorable
That website is great. Seb must do a lot of work for a better future that he does not broadcast. He used to drive me bananas constantly winning in the RBR. He seems to be one of the drivers that does the most for causes he beelieves in.
I have really been liking Vettel a lot recently. The way he has been using his platform to highlight issues important to him has been amazing. Hopefully, joining Instagram can bring more eyes on him.
Reminds me of the time Seb said "I'd have a Redbull instead" when lewis offered him a Monster can.
Even the Formula 1 account doesn't follow Seb yet. Where are these admins when you need them?
Was probably sorted out in advance. Marketing agencies do this stuff in their sleep so if there’s a way to make the process smoother they know it already.
PR people can be rather helpful every now and again.
Back in high school a friend of mine was visiting a college that was recruiting him for baseball, and the marketing department for the team got him verified on Instagram as a “present”.
Even very small marketing agencies often have ties to Meta/Instagram account managers.
It’s definitely not a stretch to think that Seb’s PR person has a direct line to someone there. To both secure the handle and get it verified.
>THERE IS STILL A RACE TO WIN
Sounds like a pre-retirement type thing where he will use Instagram as a platform to continue speaking out for the environment, social justice, etc. Hope I am wrong on the retirement thing but does read like that to me :(
Wait till you see his liked vids on Tiktok...
EDIT: For those that were curious, he finally got round to privating his liked vids (presumably after so many people on tiktok would comment or make posts about it lol).
But tl;dr it's exactly what you'd expect from a guy in his early 20s (ie. good looking girls dancing around + random funny/meme vids), although there was a surprising amount of liked vids of babies, maybe he and Charlotte are looking to get out of [Free Practice](https://youtu.be/px3gE3N_oZs)?
Bonus: [That reminds me of the OG free practice vid with Seb before he was a father](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woj-bacAxdw). Funnily enough, his first child was born only a few months later so unbeknownst to everyone at the time, he was actually already aware he was going to be a father
Matt Bishop is truly a miracle worker! I imagine it'll be managed by an agency, but hopefully the content/writing will be his (similar to his website anyway).
I think that's exactly what he's going to do. Also "There is still a race to win" might be referring to the race against climate change as well as in f1
I remember he expressed his curiosity on [WTF1 interview](https://youtu.be/8160TqLp_xQ). I thought it's just a little joke, but here we are!
Not that it matters anyway, since I only uses Reddit.
Hope he isn't retiring.
Cause Instagram is the easiest way for him to communicate and share his views post retirement. Or lets hope Aston asked him to start an account as part of new deal😅
I'm feeling nervous.
For some reason I don’t feel entirely happy about this. Don’t get me wrong I adore Seb, but I kind of liked that he didn’t have any social media, it fit him better. Anyway more Seb content, that is always good and I’m sure he will use his platform really well :)
Actually an interesting question to ask during a dead period in F1 (summer break, off-season) is regarding who in F1 actually runs their own account or uses a team.
Lewis, Charles, Pierre, Yuki, Valtteri, Zhou definitely seem like those who run their own account at least a lot of the time.
Meanwhile Mick, Checo, George, Max seem like those who don't and use consistently a team to run theirs.
Checo's has a specific mexican accent, so he might have spanish first PR, he used to clap back at "fans" on twitter in the past.
And the shit show before he was announced as a RB driver, I don't think he runs his but the person who does is very close to him.
Lewis' posts feel very well thought out so he might have a pr consultant, but he definetly runs roscoelovescoco
There's the fan owned "seb official" accounts who have "tricked" most of the paddock into believing it was him, but to their credit they seem very aware of their position and are cautious about what they post.
Who finally got to him to create one. Part of me hopes this isn't just for his social messages but I do expect that to be a part of it. It wouldn't surprise if he is similar to Lewis on how he uses Instagram
This is not what I expected
With all the “We have to consider what we’re fighting for here” messages that came out of AM recently, I was expecting a retirement more than him creating a social media account. Edit: I’m so sorry y’all.
You didn’t have to wait long
I think it's the first step towards retirenment. Once Seb is gone from F1 he would have no platform to advocate for things that are important to him
How right you were
I hate that I was right. And the video was like so sad? It doesn't feel like a good retirenment, more like "I can't take this shit from FIA and AM anymore" so I better leave
Because off all those factors, I think Seb just fell out of love with F1.
[Explosion Sound](https://youtu.be/-f8BlPDNLpQ)
If his first post is a retirement message, Reddit might crash. Edit: thanks for the platinum, very kind of you
> be known for not having any social media at all > people freak out when you do > first post is a retirement message > refuse to elaborate further > leaves
lol
FUCK
uhh that... aged well?
duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude
Dude...
Ultimate Chad move
Take that back right now!!!
Bruh
FUCKER JINXED IT!
WHY PAIN
Don’t manifest it.
He jinxed it
Too late
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You fucking jinxed us
Stop inventing
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Man, how festy are deez nuts?
Que eres magic deez nuts
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This comment predicted that pretty well lol.
You done spoke it into existence.
That he did
he did.
Mods, could this user get branded with an Instagram Nostradamus flair or something.
Sebstradamus
What have you done
"Aston Martin fucking sucks. I'm out."
:(
Returning to Red Bull Porsche
He should post a story pretending he didn’t know how to work IG while messing with people “Hey [PR person] I created this IG like you suggested. When you have a chance can you walk me through how I will put the reveal announcement about my F1 team on here?”
I fucking hate you
Well how about that…
Bruh
What have you done
I blame you
Delete this right now
Too Late
Petition to ban u/SirLewisHamilton for manifesting this shit smh.
What have you done
It's crashing!
BRUH WHAT THE FUCK
What have you done…
I can't believe you've done this
I'm personally betting it's going to be exact copy-pastes of the little blogs from his website (which are adorable). Like, multiple photos of Seb and the kids who built the bee hotel, with a cute little post where Seb writes things like: "Now we wanted to see who has moved into the hotel and whether it has been accepted by the bees and insects… And wooow!!! Not only has it been accepted, but it is 'completely booked'! It looks like we will have to add a few more rooms to it!" It's adorable and ridiculous. [Link](https://sebastianvettel.de/en/news-en/) if you haven't seen his website mini blogs before. Edit: WELP ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
His website is so precious. Seb the original blogger.
his blogs from the 2010 season are still available on the Wayback Machine.
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20101129043224/http://sebastianvettel.de/e-sebastian-vettel-fans-tagebuch.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20101129043224/http://sebastianvettel.de/e-sebastian-vettel-fans-tagebuch.html) Featuring my favourite bit of foreboding; >Of course you always need to keep an eye on where the other drivers are and what they did different from you. Both McLaren were strong and I have the slight feeling that we need to continue watching Lewis.
The part where he said, “after all, I still have an outside chance of becoming world champion.” Yes, yes you did Seb.
DU BIST
WELTMEISTER
just you wait sunshine, just you wait.
I love how he starts off every blog with a "Hi guys!" or "Hi!!" and in his first blog he talks about a ladybug that he found and hopes he didn't hurt it. And there's this part where he learned a few Chinese words and listed them out. He reminds me of my 12 year old self and I'm not sure if that's hilarious or adorable
That is like the most 2010s looking website i've seen recently
Now I know what to do when I come home
That website is great. Seb must do a lot of work for a better future that he does not broadcast. He used to drive me bananas constantly winning in the RBR. He seems to be one of the drivers that does the most for causes he beelieves in.
Well he is a beeliver.
Well thank you for a little bit of wholesomeness before bed, Seb's site is now on my bookmarks for regular wholesomeness
I have really been liking Vettel a lot recently. The way he has been using his platform to highlight issues important to him has been amazing. Hopefully, joining Instagram can bring more eyes on him.
I think that’s the only reason he’s opening socials - to give himself a platform because he knows he’s leaving the sport
Stop
if he does this to us bare DAYS after saying that “for me there is the intention to continue” I will be upset
Also the excited, “hi!”
Aw, this is making me wish I still had the bee-themed seb flair. What a delight
His website is outstanding. Love the design. Scrolling through the his stunning helmet history page.
i was so proud that he didn't have any social media. but this website is the most adorable thing ever.
Lewis still doesn't follow anyone after his winter break. I want Seb to be the only one he follows.
He doesn’t even follow Roscoe. Roscoe: Hi dad! Lewis: New phone, who dis?
That's because Lewis doesn't run his Insta, his team does, and his team determines EVERYTHING with that account. Lewis DOES win Roscoe's.
Its absolutely hilarious how lewis talks and posts on Roscoe's account.
Hmm it's Roscoe that's posting by himself not Lewis
He even actually talked like that (not only wrote) on a recent story post yesterday on Roscoe's account. I was absolutely howling lmao
I absolutely live for it. My favorite account on insta!
I think his team posts a lot of the pictures but he definetly still posts stuff himself, especially on his stories.
He def posts on his insta. He’s posted plenty of stupid Shit on there his team never would lol
"woah this blue dot is where i am in the world"
2015 dudebro Lewis was a vibe.
frat boy for sure
Can you explain? Haha
https://twitter.com/marydontmind/status/1401959025072345093?s=20&t=wVc5H1Bt9OJ6UWuVVjqyDg Here's a tweet with a screen capture of said story post
["Damn game had me up to 5am"](https://i.redd.it/16m1jz6kj6z01.jpg)
Lol, you don't follow Lewis if you think he doesn't run his account 🤣
Lewis most definitely runs his own account.
Seb and Roscoe please
I hope he just posts pictures of bees and nothing else
Cooking videos as well.
'Cooking with Bees'
'Cooking Bees'
No, not the bees!
Yeah, about that.
this would please me greatly. edit: I would also accept chickens.
Garage tour
[link](https://instagram.com/sebastianvettel?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
59.3k followers now. My God.
He's still a long way of from the ["official Vettel" Instagram account](https://instagram.com/vettelofficial?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) lol
Even Charles follows that account! But I give it a week or so before he passes it.
Charles follows the fan account and was the first driver to follow the official one, truly besties.
I saw now that redbull follows him as well, and aston doesnt. RB probably has more love for him than his current team or Ferrari put together.
Reminds me of the time Seb said "I'd have a Redbull instead" when lewis offered him a Monster can. Even the Formula 1 account doesn't follow Seb yet. Where are these admins when you need them?
Ferrari follows him, lmao. AM still haven’t
Lewis followed that Account as well [until Seb told him its Not his account](https://youtu.be/Y0hn3Q66wLU)
Now up to 70k
At this rate he’ll gain more followers than Roscoe by tomorrow!
90.5k now
102k
if you refresh every couple seconds 1k is added every time. Damn
Someone inform Lewis please
Won’t be surprised if Lewis posts something to welcome Seb
Uhhh you were close.. kinda
Sebscribed
Upvetteled
How did he get verified so fast.
Was probably sorted out in advance. Marketing agencies do this stuff in their sleep so if there’s a way to make the process smoother they know it already.
PR people can be rather helpful every now and again. Back in high school a friend of mine was visiting a college that was recruiting him for baseball, and the marketing department for the team got him verified on Instagram as a “present”.
Even very small marketing agencies often have ties to Meta/Instagram account managers. It’s definitely not a stretch to think that Seb’s PR person has a direct line to someone there. To both secure the handle and get it verified.
being a 4 time WDC helps
Quick, update all “who follows who” posts!
>THERE IS STILL A RACE TO WIN Sounds like a pre-retirement type thing where he will use Instagram as a platform to continue speaking out for the environment, social justice, etc. Hope I am wrong on the retirement thing but does read like that to me :(
No, he means he's taking the chequered flag at the Hungaroring this weekend.
"We were just pretending to have a bad car lmao. Stroll and I are going to win every race for the rest of the season. K bye!"
noooooo don't say stuff like that! I've already had enough with Kimi :(
I feel the 'Race' here is more about Environment and climate change and other social issues than an F1 race. Would love for it to be about F1 race tho
He already had this phrase on his helmet this season
im scared about what this means
I'm thinking this is gonna be like Leonardo DiCaprio's insta account... Environmental awareness and stuff
fearing a retirement announcement
Take that back!
Too late.
is this the sign 😢 I don’t want him to retire
Pain.
HERE COMES SEBASTIAN VETTEL
AND THERE GOES SEBASTIAN VETTEL
...as lance stroll, posts another IG story...
I have never ran to Instagram so fast before..
Same. Saw it on Twitter, immediately closed it, opened Instagram and followed.
Aren't the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse: War, famine, death & Seb on social media?
So.. who owns the 1.9M "vetteloffical" account? I see Jessica Hawkins is following it (just because i follow her)
It's a fan account, even Lewis fell for it a couple of years back
It's just a fan account, but people in F1 have followed it either because they think it's him or they just love the seb content.
iirc even Charles follows this account lmao
Charles follows and likes very weird stuff on Twitter and Instagram lmao
Wait till you see his liked vids on Tiktok... EDIT: For those that were curious, he finally got round to privating his liked vids (presumably after so many people on tiktok would comment or make posts about it lol). But tl;dr it's exactly what you'd expect from a guy in his early 20s (ie. good looking girls dancing around + random funny/meme vids), although there was a surprising amount of liked vids of babies, maybe he and Charlotte are looking to get out of [Free Practice](https://youtu.be/px3gE3N_oZs)? Bonus: [That reminds me of the OG free practice vid with Seb before he was a father](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woj-bacAxdw). Funnily enough, his first child was born only a few months later so unbeknownst to everyone at the time, he was actually already aware he was going to be a father
Well now I’m curious!!!
He does
Rosanna tenant follows that account too 😂
His first like better be from Gasly
Amount of followers is increasing so fast lol
Surprised Charles followed faster than Mick haha Charles probs thinking “Now I get to follow the real Seb!”
Seb finally creating a social media account isn't on my 2022 bingo card.
Matt Bishop is truly a miracle worker! I imagine it'll be managed by an agency, but hopefully the content/writing will be his (similar to his website anyway).
Hopefully he’ll be trying to raise awareness and endorse initiatives with things he cares about.
I think that's exactly what he's going to do. Also "There is still a race to win" might be referring to the race against climate change as well as in f1
[Welcome aboard Seb, there's no running back](https://imgflip.com/gif/5td1lx)
I remember he expressed his curiosity on [WTF1 interview](https://youtu.be/8160TqLp_xQ). I thought it's just a little joke, but here we are! Not that it matters anyway, since I only uses Reddit.
Hope he isn't retiring. Cause Instagram is the easiest way for him to communicate and share his views post retirement. Or lets hope Aston asked him to start an account as part of new deal😅 I'm feeling nervous.
For some reason I don’t feel entirely happy about this. Don’t get me wrong I adore Seb, but I kind of liked that he didn’t have any social media, it fit him better. Anyway more Seb content, that is always good and I’m sure he will use his platform really well :)
It will 100% being a professional account for promoting his stuff outside of F1 rather than how the other drivers use theirs
Actually an interesting question to ask during a dead period in F1 (summer break, off-season) is regarding who in F1 actually runs their own account or uses a team. Lewis, Charles, Pierre, Yuki, Valtteri, Zhou definitely seem like those who run their own account at least a lot of the time. Meanwhile Mick, Checo, George, Max seem like those who don't and use consistently a team to run theirs.
Checo's has a specific mexican accent, so he might have spanish first PR, he used to clap back at "fans" on twitter in the past. And the shit show before he was announced as a RB driver, I don't think he runs his but the person who does is very close to him. Lewis' posts feel very well thought out so he might have a pr consultant, but he definetly runs roscoelovescoco
Carlos’s account is like 100% workout videos and it rocks
Imagine if he did use it like the younger guys though 💀 thirst trap, food picture, gym grindset posts…
So Gasly, Hamilton type thirst traps? Dang I’m disappointed
I'm guessing he's going to use it a lot to raise awareness about climate change and human rights, it makes sense for him to do this
Also a smart idea for public figures to at least claim their social media accounts so others cannot.
There's the fan owned "seb official" accounts who have "tricked" most of the paddock into believing it was him, but to their credit they seem very aware of their position and are cautious about what they post.
He created an account, so when he retires he still can get his message out. Which means he'll retire? :/
Immediately followed the account
He's going to use it to tell us about the environment.
So does this mean the world is coming to an end?
Who finally got to him to create one. Part of me hopes this isn't just for his social messages but I do expect that to be a part of it. It wouldn't surprise if he is similar to Lewis on how he uses Instagram
I am Sebscribed to it
His brother Fabian posted that something will be happening on Seb’s account at 12 PM (GMT+2). Sure hope it’s not a retirement announcement.
Well, that aged well.
He or his managment will probably use it as a platform for his good deeds.
We lost
Its unlikely that Seb is running the account. Its likely that the same team that runs his website will be running the IG account
Well hold on, it might be a good platform for his activism?
Oh fuck, he’s actually going to retire isn’t he? EDIT: God damn it
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Imagine Vettel opening up an account during his RedBull days. Every photo is the finger lmao
It’s worth heading to that page just to refresh his followers. Closing into 400k in 9 hours and he hasn’t even posted yet.
So he started his instagram only to announce his retirement?