Sebastian Vettel aims to beat Fernando Alonso in the remainder of 2012 season – Formula 1 news
Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel has said that he is targeting to beat Fernando Alonso of Ferrari in the remainder of the 2012 Formula 1 season and believes that he can still win the championship.
Vettel dominated in all the three practice sessions and the first two qualifying sessions of the Singapore Grand Prix. Contrarily, he struggled during Q3 and failed to match the pace of Lewis Hamilton of McLaren who secured the pole position.
Later on, Hamilton maintained his lead until he encountered with a gearbox problem during 23rd lap which eventually caused his retirement and he handed the victory to the veteran German driver who took a start from 3rd grid slot.
The defending champion has gained a lot of confidence after winning the last race and is now hoping to win the championship.
Furthermore, he said that it is very hard to make any kind of projections about the remaining grands prix. Nonetheless, he said that they will try their best to achieve promising results in the upcoming races.
In addition, he said that they are in a very good form and can surely win both the drivers’ and the constructors’ championships this year. He also said that the competition is very close but he insisted that they surely stand amongst one of the most competent
title contenders.
He went on to say that he is aiming to close the gap to the Spaniard who is presently at the top of the drivers’ championship.
“The Championship now looks better than before,” said Vettel. “There are a lot of races left and it's difficult to predict what's going to happen, so first of all we have to make sure we finish races. The pace is there, and even if we are not quick enough
to win then it is good enough to collect a lot of points. It's a tough Championship, but we're still in it, and obviously target at the moment is to beat Fernando.”
It will be exciting to see whether he will be able to defend his championship title this year or not.
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