Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.
SEBASTIAN VETTELAfter 10 weeks away from Formula One, when they started the engine here at Valencia and everything was vibrating,
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I don’t care too much what happened in the past.
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As a driver, your target is always to be with the most competitive team possible.
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When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.
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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 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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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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You can’t always say what you’d like to say.
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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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I come from an ordinary family – my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker – and we’ve always loved racing together.
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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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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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We always kept believing in ourselves and our team and the car.
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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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It feels very special, but I acknowledge that the old master, Nigel Mansell, took his 14 poles from only 16 races.
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After 10 weeks away from Formula One, when they started the engine here at Valencia and everything was vibrating,
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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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There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way.
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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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I don’t care what other people think as long as I am happy.
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It’s fantastic to be invited; I’m so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honor.
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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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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 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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Teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are going to be very, very motivated to go for the titles.
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Generally I don’t care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself.
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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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