Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It’s like a rush, I really enjoy that.
SEBASTIAN VETTELSimply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.
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All in all it was a smooth race, the car was very well balanced. I’m very proud to be the first winner here in India.
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I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day.
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I put everything in that last lap, it was very emotional when I crossed the line. It was all I had, I gave it all.
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The track in Abu Dhabi is special; this will be our third Grand Prix there.
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All these nice people saying I’m going to be world champion won’t make me any faster, you have to believe it yourself.
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I didn’t know Dan Wheldon, but he was big in motorsport, and then this year I got to know Marco Simoncelli, so our thoughts are with them at the moment.
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At the end of your life, it’s friendships, emotions and thoughts that you take with you, rather than what’s in your bank account.
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I 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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I prefer to focus on what is coming next and I am really looking forward to it.
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I’m very proud to be the first winner of the Indian Grand Prix, but then on the other hand we recently lost two of our mates.
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It’s a tricky place, especially the last sector. I wasn’t happy in practice. I wasn’t happy with the car and I wasn’t happy with myself. But I always thought there was more in the car.
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We have reason to feel good, but it’s also a threat to feel too good and I will pay attention that that doesn’t happen.
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Simply fantastic this circuit, and if you get 53 laps more, you appreciate it even more. It’s made by God’s hands.
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Driving at high speed where safe and legal is part of my life. As well as a higher top speed I wanted even better stability in my FX and that meant work on the
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The day I die or retire, I have blown all my chances because I don’t have the chance any more to change my image as an F1 driver.
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I found myself sitting in the RB7 and smiling.
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We always kept believing in ourselves and our team and the car.
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There are some things that you can fulfil with money, but at the end of the day these are not the things that make you happy. It is the small things that make life good.
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Thanks to BMW and WilliamsF1 for giving me this chance to test. The test team looked after me brilliantly and I learnt plenty.
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Of course, you always give 100 percent, but at a home race you’re always more motivated, simply because you feel at home.
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When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.
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There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It’s like a rush, I really enjoy that.
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When you walk the track and you see a corner and realise you were going round it at 160mph, you wonder who could be so stupid to take a corner at that speed. But in the car, you don’t even think about that.
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Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury. It is a very dodgy investment.
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There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way.
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The bottom line is what we do might not be the safest so there is always some risk but we are ready to take that into account because we love racing and we love motor sports and it is dangerous.
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