I come from an ordinary family – my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker – and we’ve always loved racing together.
SEBASTIAN VETTELWhen 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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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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I don’t care too much what happened in the past.
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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’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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I found myself sitting in the RB7 and smiling.
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We always kept believing in ourselves and our team and the car.
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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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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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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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When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.
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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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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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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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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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Teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are going to be very, very motivated to go for the titles.
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