Friday, July 29, 2011

Sebastian Vettel F1 Blog: Hungaroring | Ready for my close-up

Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel is packing up his troubles from the German F1 Grand Prix and heading to Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix for a close encounter with the famous Hungaroring

by Sebastian Vettel on Jul 29, 2011

A big "Szia!" from Hungary! It seems like only yesterday that we were in Germany and now we’re already back at the Hungaroring.

I’m not overly happy about last week’s result (none of us are) but as a team we know that we have to accept it, move on and do better at this weekend.

The other teams made a better job of the Nürburgring and their victory was well deserved. I wasn't really satisfied with fourth place at my home race but I was blown away by the amazing fans at the circuit. They are the reason we want to be better on Sunday. So we'll be optimistic and full of energy when we start into this weekend.

'By the way...I know how big the gap to the safety car has to be!'

After all, we're still hungry for victory and you can only satisfy that hunger when you’re scoring every point you can. So we’re not about to ease up and rely on our lead in the championship. It's way too early in the season to start calculating where we need to finish to win the championship. We don't want to play safe, we want to win.

To get a good feel for the Hungaroring, rather than tour the circuit on golf carts, we did it on foot. I can't say too much about it other than it was raining. A lot.

But it's still a bit warmer than it was in Germany, so that should help the tyre performance. But we're going to wait for the first practice to see what we have to change or adjust at the car.

Right now, I just have a good feeling.

Oh, and by the way...I know how big the gap to the safety car has to be – just in case you were wondering!

Talk to you later!

Seb

Source: Red Bull

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