Sebastian Vettel unconcerned about people saying Fernando Alonso is better – Formula 1 news
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has stated that it does not bother him when people say that Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso is a better driver than him and was more deserving to win the championship.
“If people think that Alonso’s wins are about the driver and mine about the car, that is also Fernando’s responsibility — but it doesn’t bother me,” he said. “I admire him (Alonso) very much and I respect him as a driver. For me it was clear from the beginning
that my opponent for the title would be him. After the winter tests, Ferrari became competitive more quickly than we expected – yes, maybe in Malaysia he would not have won in the dry – but already by Barcelona he was among the best.”
He added that it is a quality of Alonso to try to be the quickest even when there are other drivers much quicker than him on the grid. He told that while he is not trying to prove himself but there were races that they won even if they should not have. He
quoted the example of last year in Monaco when he decided to race with a one stop strategy and in Barcelona where Lewis Hamilton, driving for McLaren at that time, could not overtake him despite being faster.
Vettel was not in form in the first half of the season and Alonso was easily leading the championship but the Red Bull driver took the lead away from him in the second half, winning the championship by three points in Brazil.
However, most people in the F1 community think that Alonso was the one who deserved to win since Vettel is mostly aided by his quick car whereas the Ferrari driver had been performing his best despite a weaker car.
After the 2012 F1 season ended, a survey was conducted in which all the twelve F1 team bosses voted Alonso as the better driver over Vettel.
Vettel has been winning the title for the last three years which has made him the youngest triple champion in F1 history. His first title win in 2010 F1 season was also against Alonso.
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