Sebastian Vettel can help Aston Martin hit the heights in Formula 1 this season just as Damon Hill's arrival lifted predecessors Jordan in 1998, according to former team owner Eddie Jordan. Aston Martin, who competed as Racing Point last year, are the latest re-birth of a Silverstone-based team whose lineage goes back to the one founded by Irish entrepreneur Jordan in 1991. Vettel, world champion with Red Bull for four years in a row from 2010-13 and now 33, has joined from Ferrari as replacement for Mexican Sergio Perez alongside Canadian Lance Stroll — 22-year-old son of owner Lawrence. Jordan told Reuters in a telephone interview that the signing of Vettel, despite two lacklustre...
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