“I come from an ordinary family – my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker – and we’ve always loved racing together.” – Sebastian Vettel
“There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It’s like a rush, I really enjoy that.” – Sebastian Vettel
“Generally I don’t care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.” – Sebastian Vettel
“Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in” – Sebastian Vettel
“I don’t care what other people think as long as I am happy. The day I die or retire, I have blown all my chances because I don’t have the chance anymore to change my image as an F1 driver.” – Sebastian Vettel
“Whenever I have to do something, I try to minimise the time it takes me to do it. I just cannot wait.” – Sebastian Vettel
“I remember my first test in F1. After five laps, I came back to the pits and tried to play it cool – ‘Oh yeah, I’m fine, I’m on top of this – but I was completely lost.” – Sebastian Vettel
“All these nice people saying I’m going to be world champion won’t make me any faster, you have to believe it yourself.” – Sebastian Vettel
“Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.” – Sebastian Vettel
“If you are out in two races and someone else has a good couple of races, it could change. So all we do is try to get the optimum every time.” – Sebastian Vettel
“As a driver, your target is always to be with the most competitive team possible.” – Sebastian Vettel
“We always kept believing in ourselves and our team and the car.” – Sebastian Vettel
“The bottom line is what we do might not be the safest so there is always some risk but we are ready to take that into account because we love racing and we love motorsports and it is dangerous.” – Sebastian Vettel
“Of course, you always give 100 per cent, but at a home race, you’re always more motivated, simply because you feel at home.” – Sebastian Vettel
“I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It’s fantastic to be invited; I’m so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honour.” – Sebastian Vettel
“There are a few things that make me angry. Mostly things not going my way.” – Sebastian Vettel
“When you walk the track and you see a corner and realise you were going round it at 160mph, you wonder who could be so stupid to take a corner at that speed. But in the car, you don’t even think about that.” – Sebastian Vettel
“If the boat started shaking, we stayed on course and didn’t lose focus. That made the difference.” – Sebastian Vettel
“You’re travelling all over the world but to be home is something special.” – Sebastian Vettel
“You can’t always say what you’d like to say.” – Sebastian Vettel
“All in all it was a smooth race, the car was very well balanced. I’m very proud to be the first winner here in India.” – Sebastian Vettel
“I put everything in that last lap, it was very emotional when I crossed the line. It was all I had, I gave it all.” – Sebastian Vettel
“Motorsport is very expensive. No one cares if you had a good season two years ago and then you have an injury. It is a very dodgy investment.” – Sebastian Vettel
“There are some things that you can fulfil with money, but at the end of the day, these are not the things that make you happy. It is the small things that make life good.” – Sebastian Vettel
“At the end of your life, it’s friendships, emotions and thoughts that you take with you, rather than what’s in your bank account. So, even though people don’t have a lot here, they are a lot richer in many ways and we can learn from that.” – Sebastian Vettel
Read More – Max Verstappen Quotes
What’s your favourite Sebastian Vettel quote? Leave a comment below.