The day I die or retire, I have blown all my chances because I don’t have the chance any more to change my image as an F1 driver.
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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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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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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If the boat started shaking, we stayed on course and didn’t lose focus. That made the difference.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I don’t care what other people think as long as I am happy.
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Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in.
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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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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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