Vettel vows that things will be different in Malaysia
19 March, 2013
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel started his campaign to win four successive world titles with third place at Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix but the German thinks the season-opener race will prove to be an anomaly over the course of the year.
The 25-year-old showed the raw pace of his Red Bull had not gone away when he took his 37th pole position in a qualifying session delayed by heavy rain on Sunday morning but later was convincingly beaten in the race by Kimi Raikkonen’s Lotus.
Comforted, perhaps, by the fact that it was not until the fourth round in Bahrain last year that he won his first race, Vettel said being outpaced by both Lotus and the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso was not what he expected at Sepang this week.
Sebastian Vettel started from pole and led early on in Melobourne
“What we have seen was a first glimpse, but we are far from getting an idea of the pecking order,” he told the sport’s official website after the race on the Albert Park street track. Malaysia is a completely different track and from what we have seen today, everything depends on how well people handle the tyres.”
“But we will see completely different conditions and will use different tyres so there are too many differences to here. We have seen over the past few years that what we have seen in Melbourne has hardly ever become a trend for the next couple of races.”
Sunday’s 58 laps were a riot of entertainment for the fans packed into the Melbourne park with seven leaders over the race, battles between top drivers at what seemed like every turn and a popular surprise winner in the Finnish “Iceman”.
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RB set up wrong for Mebourne and it cost them.
It will be a good race in Malaysia this weekend but RB will not run away from everyone else.
The tires will be the controlling object this season, not the cars.
Quite frankly, the tire thing stinks and IMHO is killing the racing.
Bring back re-fueling, can the KERS and give them a tire that will hold up for half the race.
At least Vettel has proven he can drive and that he and not the car alone makes it to the podium. The tires are a real problem and not just for the teams. For the fans it’s like watching runners at a marathon running with a track shoe on one foot and an Army boot on the other. Let’s take tire deg out of the picture and leave winning up to the drivers and the cars.
which tyre problems? are you sure RB9 has tyre problems. I dont think so. Lotus having better tyre management does not mean they or Ferrari are having tyre problems
When Red bull will fix tyre problems, they will start to march to a new championship.
So if we’re far from getting the idea of the pecking order, how come he knows they are better than the Lotus and the Ferrari?
A bit of denial right there.