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 VETTELThe track in Abu Dhabi is special; this will be our third Grand Prix there.
More Sebastian Vettel Quotes
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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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When 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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There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way.
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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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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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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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You can’t change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.
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You’re traveling all over the world but to be home is something special.
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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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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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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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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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You can’t always say what you’d like to say.
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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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Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.
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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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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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We always kept believing in ourselves and our team and the car.
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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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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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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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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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As a driver, your target is always to be with the most competitive team possible.
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