I come from an ordinary family – my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker – and we’ve always loved racing together.
SEBASTIAN VETTELWe always kept believing in ourselves and our team and the car.
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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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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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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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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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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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You can’t change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.
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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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After 10 weeks away from Formula One, when they started the engine here at Valencia and everything was vibrating,
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We always kept believing in ourselves and our team and the car.
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When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.
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I don’t care too much what happened in the past.
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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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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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