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.
SEBASTIAN VETTELQualifying 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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It was an unbelievable experience! The brakes, the g-forces and the power of the engine are beyond description.
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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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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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Generally I don’t care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself.
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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 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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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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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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Teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are going to be very, very motivated to go for the titles.
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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 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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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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You can’t change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.
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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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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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