Formula One: German Racer, Sebastian Vettel Returns Happy From German GP
Overall, the race at Hockenheim turned out satisfactory for the Red Bull Team. Though they had not been able to lead the race, however, grabbing a podium position by one of its drivers and eight points by the other was not a bad end of the day. As the race ended one of the Red Bull drivers, Sebastian Vettel talked to the Formula One official website expressing his experience of the race at his home town.
Well, the most interesting thing is that Vettel had been brought up only a few miles from this track and it would not be very wrong to say that the track lies almost next to his back yard. Vettel expressed his love and affection for the track, saying that it had been one of the biggest inspirations for him, when he was a child. He also said that it was one of the initial tracks from where he started off his professional racing.
The German racer had been able to end the home grand Prix at third place on the podium, thus bagging a total of one hundred and thirty six points in the Drivers’ Championship of the season; standing at the third place in the tally alongside his teammate, Mark Webber.
While talking about his Sunday’s race feelings he said that it had always been very exciting to drive in front of his home crowd. He added that the energy and charisma of the people had always been touching and a great motivational factor. He further went on to say that it is true that the support of the fans get divided due to a large number of German racers however, that builds a lot more competition among the German racers.
He was happy to have finally ended at the podium, as the fans desperately wanted to see one of the Germans up there and he was glad that it was him. He further articulated that he was pleased to rise up to third place alongside Webber, as he lost his slot to his teammate after the latter bagged his third victory of the season at the British Grand Prix earlier this month.
Also, it was good for him as the team was also able to keep their second place secured at the Constructors’ Championship, for which he uttered that though the team wished to grab some more points but overall the day had been a good one as they stand firm at their places in the both the championships.
While commenting on the performance of the other teams, he said that it was a big relief that he was able to beat both the McLaren drivers, as they are their biggest threat of the season. He added that though they are still able to hold the top slots, yet he was happy that none of them was able to end up on the podium. While talking about the winner team, Ferrari who had been able to set a one-two victory in the race, he said that even if they had been able to snatch both the top places, there is still a long way for them to go before being a threatening contenders of the season.
He added that he surely feels that Ferrari’s car were very quick and right from the practice sessions, they had been able to set some good pace. However, he still believed that their RB6 is the fastest one around the season.
He concluded that they only need to bring the best out of the car, which he hoped they would be able to in the upcoming races. The German was joyful at the end of the day as it called for a celebration.
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