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 VETTELIt’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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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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Teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are going to be very, very motivated to go for the titles.
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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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Generally I don’t care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself.
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I found myself sitting in the RB7 and smiling.
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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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I don’t care too much what happened in the past.
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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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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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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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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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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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Whenever I have to do something, I try to minimise the time it takes me to do it. I just cannot wait.
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We always kept believing in ourselves and our team and the car.
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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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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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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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After 10 weeks away from Formula One, when they started the engine here at Valencia and everything was vibrating,
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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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If the boat started shaking, we stayed on course and didn’t lose focus. That made the difference.
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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 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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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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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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The track in Abu Dhabi is special; this will be our third Grand Prix there.
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I don’t care what other people think as long as I am happy.
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