Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.
SEBASTIAN VETTELSimply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.
SEBASTIAN VETTELWhen everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.
SEBASTIAN VETTELI come from an ordinary family – my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker – and we’ve always loved racing together.
SEBASTIAN VETTELYou can’t always say what you’d like to say.
SEBASTIAN VETTELIf 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.
SEBASTIAN VETTELMotorsport 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.
SEBASTIAN VETTELAs a driver, your target is always to be with the most competitive team possible.
SEBASTIAN VETTELThere 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.
SEBASTIAN VETTELThere are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way.
SEBASTIAN VETTELAll these nice people saying I’m going to be world champion won’t make me any faster, you have to believe it yourself.
SEBASTIAN VETTELWhen 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 VETTELSometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in.
SEBASTIAN VETTELI found myself sitting in the RB7 and smiling.
SEBASTIAN VETTELWe 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.
SEBASTIAN VETTELYou can’t change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.
SEBASTIAN VETTELIt feels very special, but I acknowledge that the old master, Nigel Mansell, took his 14 poles from only 16 races.
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