Vettel: All the trouble lately is binding us together even more
2 August, 2012
Sebastian Vettel insists Red Bull are more united amid the recent controversies
Aug.2 (GMM) World champion Sebastian Vettel insists that he and the Red Bull team remain focused and determined in 2012 and that despite the rocky road so far this season, the team are more united amidst the controversies that they have faced.
The 25-year-old German began the season bidding to join very illustrious company, with Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher the only other drivers in F1 history to have won three drivers’ titles on the trot.
But with half of this year’s grands prix now in the past, Vettel is 42 points adrift in the 2012 chase and just third, with his team seemingly always in the middle of one sort of controversy or another.
Whether it’s the latest technical saga, or a post-race penalty described by Dr Helmut Marko as the “death penalty for stealing chickens”, it has not been plain sailing for Red Bull. Some even smell a conspiracy.
“We had a good car with a double diffuser, but it was banned,” Vettel told Germany’s Sport Bild. “We had a good car with a blown diffuser – it was also banned.
“Why?” he wondered. “I have no idea.”
Add to that the separate ‘hole in the floor’, wheel hub, engine mapping and ride-height adjuster sagas of 2012, and Vettel might be forgiven for wondering if Red Bull’s focus could be at risk of succumbing.
Not so; “All the trouble lately is not pushing us apart,” said Vettel, when asked about Red Bull’s unity. “Actually it binds us together even more.”
But for now, he is just happy to be staring into a long break.
“It’s a long season,” said the German. “If you compare it to a lot of other sports, it’s one of the longest seasons there are. I think it’s important, even if sometimes you would like to carry on, I think you need the break, so it’s important to make use of it.”
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thank you guys thank you, we are who we are, lol
Dont agree man if they were not enforcing technical rules
only the richest teams would ever win races and they would dominate, as for Marko about Vettels driving he drove off the track intentionally! no ifs or buts about that he didnt have the advantage on the track all he wanted was a podium no matter what he had to do to get it! He (Vettel) then claimed that part of the track was slippery LOL bullshit artist! watch the video of how Vettel pulls away from Button slippery my arse haha, I’m all for making the car quicker or faster than the other teams but do it in a legal manner so it is fair for all the teams.
Can’t argue with Vettel on that comment.
They have consistently been the most innovative team over the last few years.
It’s time for the rest of the teams to step it up in the development arena.
The FIA needs to stick to the safety issues and not development of the cars.
They are slowly killing the greatest motor sport in history.