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I really think they should be keeping Webber, I mean its not like every year, you're going to fire your least successful driver.I think I just heard a million or so tifosi hearts splitting down the middle.
As long as red bull has the budget and Newey to spend it....they are going to be tough to beat.
I think I just heard a million or so tifosi hearts splitting down the middle.
As long as red bull has the budget and Newey to spend it....they are going to be tough to beat.
Nah, Byrne working full time as Newey's equivalent at Ferrari will do just fine.
Hmmmmm, NOPE!
I think I just heard a million or so tifosi hearts splitting down the middle.
As long as red bull has the budget and Newey to spend it....they are going to be tough to beat.
I think I just heard a million or so tifosi hearts splitting down the middle.
As long as red bull has the budget and Newey to spend it....they are going to be tough to beat.
Nah, Byrne working full time as Newey's equivalent at Ferrari will do just fine.
I think on seasons where they've gone head to head, Rory is ahead by one.
Newey's practically head of redbull racing. It seems its him really making all the decisions.
I think on seasons where they've gone head to head, Rory is ahead by one.
7 Constructor titles apiece but Newey never had another mega brain in Ross Brawn at his wings at each step.
Vettel: My moment in the sun could end at any time
In a refreshing and enlightening interview, Red Bull Racing's defending F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel reveals what it means to him to be No.1 - and how he is 'still the same guy I've always been'
In a candid interview, defending F1 World Champion and current runaway 2011 pace-setter Sebastian Vettel has insisted that he is 'not a god, just a normal person', that success has not changed him and that he is 'well aware that my moment in the sun could end at any time'.
He might have finished 'only' second following his final lap error in last weekend's Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, but Vettel's minor slip-up across the Pond was just the second time this season that he has not ascended the top step of the podium, as the Red Bull Racing star has claimed an ominous five victories from the opening seven races of the campaign to establish a commanding 60-point advantage in the title chase. Had the sport gone to Bahrain as it was due to back in March, he would most likely have triumphed there, too.
History shows that every other driver to have made such a dominant start to a season has gone on to lift the crown that same year, but Vettel is eager to keep his feet planted firmly on the ground. Already F1's youngest-ever points-scorer, race-leader, pole position-holder, race-winner and world champion, he has the coveted number one on his Red Bull RB7 in 2011, and he palpably has no intention of giving it up. But beyond that, the 23-year-old German urges, he is simply an everyday guy.
“I don't wake up and think about being world champion,” he told the Daily Mail. “All I think about is the next race. I may have won the championship, but it's not as if I have any particular advantage because of that. In F1, once the season is over, everything is equal for the best teams as we all have to start from zero again.
“I'm well aware that my moment in the sun could end at any time – I could break a leg falling down stairs and it would all be over. The best part of being No.1 is that nobody can take that away from me. I'm very proud of that, and whether I have a good day or a bad day, I have proved to myself that I can do it.
“Of course, you have to make a lot of sacrifices to be the best. When I was younger, I can remember hot days when everyone was going to the pool after school and I went straight home and jumped on my bike and sweated for two hours.
“I would have loved to have skipped training and gone to the pool, but that's just how it was. It was the same when I was racing go-karts – I missed out on a lot of birthday parties. I wasn't too happy about it at the time, but then it's not as if I missed out. As soon as I was at the racetrack, I was happy again.
“I wouldn't say that being No.1 has changed me. There are some things I can't do as freely as everybody else, but I can still walk down the street and go to the cinema without any trouble, and when I go to watch my favourite football team, Eintracht Frankfurt, I watch from the stands rather than the VIP box. There are always people who want to take my picture, but it's not a problem. You just have to deal with it.
“In many ways, motor racing is just the same as any other business. You have a target to achieve, and you work incredibly hard for it. The day you achieve it, it's the best thing that can happen to you. Then you start to look for the next challenge. I think that's why there is no genuine friendship between rival drivers. From what people tell me, back in the seventies, the drivers went on holiday together with their wives. Times have changed; nobody today is that close. Each team is totally isolated with its own support staff and sponsors.
“Work is all-consuming; I certainly don't have much time for my girlfriend Hanna when I'm at the track, but imagine having your girlfriend sitting with you in the office all day – you would be too busy to have any time for her.
“German drivers are often criticised for having no sense of humour, and I can see where people are coming from, but I am a big fan of British humour – and British music. Monty Python's 'Life of Brian' and 'Little Britain' are two of my favourites, and I paid £2,500 for a copy of 'With the Beatles' that had been signed by all four members of the band.
“I've got 500 vinyl albums. When I go home, I love poring over the cover artwork and production notes. I like to place the needle on the record and hear the scratching sounds before the music begins. I listen to 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' more than anything else.
“I'm still the same guy I've always been. I'm not a god. I'm just a normal person.”
It's been quite a few years since I've been a fan of a particular driver. For the most part, I'm a fan of the sport as a whole and don't back a single team or driver. I don't particularly like domination and despised the Schumacher years not so much because I hated him (though some of his antics were deplorable), but more because the competition aspect of racing was missing. He and his team were just too much better than the rest of the field for my tastes.
Vettel is slowly buy surely entering the top tier of my favorite drivers. He has had some success and that is always good, but that success has not led him to compare himself to Senna or any of the rest of the greats. He has also made his share of bone headed mistakes..but what I'm liking about him is that he doesn't seem to make the same ones over and over again. Being at the front is a simpler race to run, no doubt about it....but he isn't warped to the front by mystical forces...he puts his car there. There is a lot of pressure doing a single hot lap for pole and yet he does so week after week without much difficulty. If the Red Bull cars were finishing 1-2 every quali and race.....I would be on the 'it's the car' bandwagon. The facts, however, are that Webber is a good driver and Vettel is simply on another level. Vettel is pulling out performance that his team mate can't find...despite Webber getting more and more desperate to do so. Add to that the fact that fast lap is often traded between at least three manufacturers and I'm having a difficult time believing it's only the car that is putting Vettel on top.
There is plenty of racing left this season in which he can melt down and blow it. I'll enjoy watching to see if he does or not. As long as his head remains at human sizes instead of some of the uber-bloated ego's we often see in F1.....I'll continue to not mind him winning.
) you're a full-blown - for your standard that is - Vettel fan! 
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
It's been quite a few years since I've been a fan of a particular driver. For the most part, I'm a fan of the sport as a whole and don't back a single team or driver. I don't particularly like domination and despised the Schumacher years not so much because I hated him (though some of his antics were deplorable), but more because the competition aspect of racing was missing. He and his team were just too much better than the rest of the field for my tastes.
Vettel is slowly buy surely entering the top tier of my favorite drivers. He has had some success and that is always good, but that success has not led him to compare himself to Senna or any of the rest of the greats. He has also made his share of bone headed mistakes..but what I'm liking about him is that he doesn't seem to make the same ones over and over again. Being at the front is a simpler race to run, no doubt about it....but he isn't warped to the front by mystical forces...he puts his car there. There is a lot of pressure doing a single hot lap for pole and yet he does so week after week without much difficulty. If the Red Bull cars were finishing 1-2 every quali and race.....I would be on the 'it's the car' bandwagon. The facts, however, are that Webber is a good driver and Vettel is simply on another level. Vettel is pulling out performance that his team mate can't find...despite Webber getting more and more desperate to do so. Add to that the fact that fast lap is often traded between at least three manufacturers and I'm having a difficult time believing it's only the car that is putting Vettel on top.
There is plenty of racing left this season in which he can melt down and blow it. I'll enjoy watching to see if he does or not. As long as his head remains at human sizes instead of some of the uber-bloated ego's we often see in F1.....I'll continue to not mind him winning.
Still hedging your bets, eh?
You can admit it (nobody here will tell on you
It's been quite a few years since I've been a fan of a particular driver. For the most part, I'm a fan of the sport as a whole and don't back a single team or driver. I don't particularly like domination and despised the Schumacher years not so much because I hated him (though some of his antics were deplorable), but more because the competition aspect of racing was missing. He and his team were just too much better than the rest of the field for my tastes.
Vettel is slowly buy surely entering the top tier of my favorite drivers. He has had some success and that is always good, but that success has not led him to compare himself to Senna or any of the rest of the greats. He has also made his share of bone headed mistakes..but what I'm liking about him is that he doesn't seem to make the same ones over and over again. Being at the front is a simpler race to run, no doubt about it....but he isn't warped to the front by mystical forces...he puts his car there. There is a lot of pressure doing a single hot lap for pole and yet he does so week after week without much difficulty. If the Red Bull cars were finishing 1-2 every quali and race.....I would be on the 'it's the car' bandwagon. The facts, however, are that Webber is a good driver and Vettel is simply on another level. Vettel is pulling out performance that his team mate can't find...despite Webber getting more and more desperate to do so. Add to that the fact that fast lap is often traded between at least three manufacturers and I'm having a difficult time believing it's only the car that is putting Vettel on top.
There is plenty of racing left this season in which he can melt down and blow it. I'll enjoy watching to see if he does or not. As long as his head remains at human sizes instead of some of the uber-bloated ego's we often see in F1.....I'll continue to not mind him winning.
Still hedging your bets, eh?
You can admit it (nobody here will tell on you
LOL, the critical words there are "for your standard that is". I've never really been an all or nothing guy. 'My team is the only team' is a mental place I just can't get to. I like all the F1 teams, most of the F1 drivers and want the sport as a whole to grow. Still, I'll admit....there is a small part of me that is starting to appreciate this kid's attitude. No Senna references at every press conference...just thanks his team, praises his people and looks towards the next race. That's impressive in someone so young. It usually takes more years to reach that sort of maturity. The balls to drive a car on the edge...well those are not all that uncommon in youth...but the maturity to keep your ego in check...is.
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