It was an unbelievable experience! The brakes, the g-forces and the power of the engine are beyond description.
SEBASTIAN VETTELThe 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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If you are out in two races and someone else has a good couple of races, it could change. So all we do is try to get the optimum every time.
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As a driver, your target is always to be with the most competitive team possible.
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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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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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When I went into the last lap I was regretting a bit that it was over. I was enjoying again the first sector for the last time.
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You can’t change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.
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There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way.
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Teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are going to be very, very motivated to go for the titles.
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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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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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So, even though people don’t have a lot here, they are a lot richer in many ways and we can learn from that.
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You can’t always say what you’d like to say.
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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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We always kept believing in ourselves and our team and the car.
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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.
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The track in Abu Dhabi is special; this will be our third Grand Prix there.
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I don’t care too much what happened in the past.
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If the boat started shaking, we stayed on course and didn’t lose focus. That made the difference.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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