Sebastian Vettel has no regrets about the disputed passing move on Jenson Button in Germany which saw him demoted to fifth place by a Penalty.
“I think I said everything on Sunday, the only thing I wanted to do was avoid an accident,” said Vettel in Hungary today. “Surely if there would have been gravel I would not have gone in the gravel. I did what I did and nothing has changed.
“Whatever happened, happened. I’m not in Hockenheim, I’m in Hungary and looking forward to this race.”
He did concede that he would have liked to have been warned that he ought to drop back behind Button.
“Obviously it would help to get feedback from the race direction as soon as possible in that case, or from the team, if we could get any idea from the outside it would probably help. As I said for me it was fine, that’s why I did it. In the end it wasn’t fine, and that’s why we get the penalty.
“It’s a bit of a shame. I think we should go out and race, that’s what the people want to see, why the people decide to come here, come to the races, and come to see F1. If we overtake sometimes things happen, sometimes people crash.
“Fair enough, nobody wants to crash, but these things happen. If we would all just follow each other then… Whatever we do seems to be wrong sometimes. We just have to do what we do, sometimes people like it, sometimes they don’t.”
Asked about his post-race comments on Lewis Hamilton’s unlapping move in Germany, when he said “it’s a bit stupid to disturb the leaders,” Vettel implied that he’d been misinterpreted.
“I think if I say after the race that I thought it was unnecessary, then it gets put and quoted that I said he’s stupid, it’s quite disappointing. Sometimes I have a mouth, I say a couple of words, you have ears, sometimes in that’s process it seems that mistakes happen.
“If you look at the rules I think it’s clear you are allowed to do that, I said it was unnecessary. Obviously I was hunting Fernando, it was a couple of laps to the stop. It didn’t help me, it probably helped Jenson. That’s racing. I’m not complaining, I said it was unnecessary from a racing point of view to distract the leaders, no matter who it was, and that’s it.”
Adam Cooper F1 
He’s full of startling insights today….”I did what I did” “what happened, happened” “I have a mouth..you have ears”. A career in after dinner speaking beckons.
I find his comments refreshing. His whole
attitude is great. Same with Perez’s comments a few races back. Not afraid to state how they feel.
Would generally agree with the title of the post. And somebody should print out “I’m with Stupid” t-shirts in the paddock.
F1 media distorting the truth? Happens all the time, I don’t generally trust what I read, let’s say there’s maybe 50% truth in every report. How we were lied to about Bahrain for instance? Nicely organized campaign, the real question is who was behind all this negative press; F1 freedom fighters have been strangely quiet on the issue lately – no popularity points to gain, easy.
Think Seb is smart, he’s being portrayed in the press as a bit of a spoilt kid, while Lewis is obviously racing his heart out, while living his dream with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team, special thanks to Vodafone. Good guys vs. bad guys, this sells baby! Here’s my credo: there are no good guys, there are no bad guys; a good driver at the wheel of a bad car is a bad thing, a good driver in a good car is not threat to anyone, except bad drivers.