{"id":97494,"date":"2023-12-16T18:54:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=97494"},"modified":"2023-12-16T18:54:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:54:08","slug":"sebastian-vettel-demands-laid-bare-that-show-what-it-takes-to-be-f1-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/racing\/sebastian-vettel-demands-laid-bare-that-show-what-it-takes-to-be-f1-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Vettel demands laid bare that show what it takes to be F1 champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Horner and Newey praise Vettel's impact on Red Bull Racing<\/h3>\n

Four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel had plenty of questions for Aston Martin after joining the team from Ferrari. Almost a decade removed from his last title, the former Red Bull driver replaced Sergio Perez in 2021.<\/p>\n

Vettel, 36, would spend two years with the Silverstone-based team before surprisingly retiring from racing last year. He finished 12th in the driver standings at the end of both seasons, adding only a single podium to his total of 122.<\/p>\n

A second-place finish behind Perez at the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was Aston Martin’s first podium and ultimately Vettel’s last. But working with him at the time has now been described as “daunting” by former Aston Martin strategist Bernie Collins.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very daunting, knowing that he has been so critical in the past,” she said on Beyond the Grid, alluding to comments Vettel made while with Ferrari. \u201cEven in the strategy meetings still, he would ask a lot of questions \u2013 very on top of what’s going on. Really wanted to understand the plans.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt did feel a bit of a spotlight on strategy in that moment, just because you wanted to get off on the right foot. It was very important to start off on the right foot. And, you know, we did we did that pretty successfully, I think.”<\/p>\n

After four straight finishes outside the top ten, Vettel came fifth at Monaco before finishing as runner-up in Azerbaijan. \u201cAnd he was definitely a lot kinder in person than what I expected,” Sanders continued. And maybe that was just expectation managed. But, you know, the relationship was really great.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was due to two vital traits Vettel possessed. “He had very good understanding of what you’re trying to achieve and why it might or might not work,” Sanders said.<\/p>\n