Vettel raced for Schumacher’s karting team during F1 break

Quadruple Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel could not resist the lure of racing in the three-week gap between the Chinese and Spanish grands prix.

Kolner Express newspaper revealed that the Red Bull driver entered the German championship race at Ampfing in Bavaria with Michael Schumacher’s KSM team.

The report said it was the reigning world champion’s first kart race in three years.

And, confirming the news, the kart maker Tony Kart revealed that Vettel tested the machine at the Lonato track in Italy for two days before the German event. (GMM)