Saturday, April 17, 2010

Chinese GP - Vettel diaries - Saturday

Post-Qualifying Sebastian’s thoughts turn to team morale, the weather and the McLarens…

Practice was interesting this morning – I did think at one stage pole was out of our reach. But after another great Qualifying we’re again on the front row. OK, it was a bit tight, but it’s the result that counts. To be honest, we were pretty surprised to get both cars on the front row.

We had thought McLaren would be stronger and I don’t really know why they didn't do that well in the qualifying. The most important thing is that we were able to give all we had. Pole position can be a huge advantage, since it's the weather for tomorrow won't be as good as it was today. If it really rains and you're stuck in the middle of the field you can hardly see anything because of all the spray.

Of course, you can never tell how everything will go in the race. Spirits within the team - with the two cars in P1 ad P2 - is amazing. But the atmosphere in the team was always great, even before the win in Malaysia, when we had a few problems. When it comes to the reliability of the car, we’ve made a huge step forward. You shouldn't forget that the cars are built on their limits and things break once in a while - that's normal, even in the other teams.

But we’ll concentrate on tomorrow: if you spin during the race, no-one’s going to wait for you, everyone is looking out for themselves.

All that’s left for me to say is that we definitely have the best start position. Wish me luck!

Sebastian
Source: Red Bull

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