Sebastian Vettel was the star of last night’s Autosport Awards in London as he picked up the prize for International Racing Driver of the Year.
It was Vettel’s first appearance at the prestigious event, which is already one more than Michael Schumacher made in his long career, despite numerous invitations – although once he was kept away by plane trouble.
Vettel charmed the crowd with his good humour and modest demeanour, admitting that he had ‘sounded like a little girl’ when he cried on the radio after clinching the title.
He also made some interesting observations about his relationship with Mark Webber.
“We had the opportunity after the race in Abu Dhabi to talk to each other. Obviously we are not similar, so some things, we have a different opinion, which is fine, it’s normal, human. We talked about it, some of the stuff we got rid of. Other things, we might still have different opinions, but it doesn’t mean that I’m not looking at him anymore or don’t talk to him anymore.
“It’s good, I think we have pushing ourselves very hard this year, and very often it has been very marginal in qualifying. He was a ahead, I was ahead. It was a tough season. I’m looking forward to beating him, that must be the target. I’m sure if you ask him, he will tell you exactly the opposite.”
Intriguingly the news broke today that Webber contested the last four races of the season nursing a shoulder injury from a mountain bike crash. Perhaps the Aussie will be stronger than people think next year…
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