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.
SEBASTIAN VETTELI come from an ordinary family – my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker – and we’ve always loved racing together.
More Sebastian Vettel Quotes
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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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You can’t change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.
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As a driver, your target is always to be with the most competitive team possible.
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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 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’m very proud to be the first winner of the Indian Grand Prix, but then on the other hand we recently lost two of our mates.
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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 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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After 10 weeks away from Formula One, when they started the engine here at Valencia and everything was vibrating,
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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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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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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’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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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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