I was quite emotional when I finished my lap, but had to wait for other drivers to cross the line to hear whether I’d actually done it.
SEBASTIAN VETTELI remember my first test in F1. After five laps, I came back to the pits and tried to play it cool – ‘Oh yeah, I’m fine, I’m on top of this’ – but I was completely lost.
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