At the French Grand Prix in mid-July, four-time Formula 1 World champion Sebastian Vettel was giving hints that he was on the verge of inking a new deal to remain with the Aston Martin Formula 1 team for a third season and beyond.
Seven days later in the build-up to the Hungarian Grand Prix, he dropped the bombshell that he was retiring from the sport for good in a move which nobody had seen coming. And
