Hamilton believes four-time F1 champion Vettel will return to the sport one day following his retirement after this weekend's race.
In July Vettel announced he would call time on a glittering 15-year career with BMW Sauber, Toro Rosso, Red Bull,and Aston Martin, which yielded four world championships and cemented his place as one of the series' all-time greats.
Vettel is looking forward to a change of pace and being able to spend more time with his family, but Hamilton thinks the 35-year-old will come back to the series at some point. "I was just sitting here thinking most drivers are coming back, like he's coming back," Hamilton said before addressing Vettel directly in the Abu Dhabi Thursday press conference.
"You're probably going to come back. We're seeing other drivers coming back. So, I'm sitting here kind of accepting... yes, it's your last race but you'll be back.Vettel has kept his options open about competing in other categories but is keen to first take some time off away from motorsport."I quite look forward to the idea of nothing at first and then see what it does to me.
"But yeah, obviously I've done this for so long and it's been central to my life. So, it will be difficult to say that I'm not going to miss it, but how much and whether then I start to look at something else, we'll see how it goes.
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