happy decade of sebastian vettel's hungover fever dream the day after winning his fourth championship in india

"One whole season without Seb on the grid 😭 A legend in every sense of the word @.sebastianvettel 🐐" - november 22, 2023 📷 @.f1 / instagram

☆ 2013 Indian Grand Prix ☆

redbullracing: 📻 "You join the greats." 👑 An iconic Sunday for the Team in India, 2013 🇮🇳

Sebastian definitely watched too many romantic Bollywood movies a day before the race

sebastian vettel, p1, and lewis hamilton, p3, in parc ferme after qualifying, india - october 26, 2013 📷 sutton images / motorsport images

I was never imagining myself to... what were we dreaming about when we were young boys? To be honest with you, when I started karting, I was doing the free practice, I was interested in the result, knowing if I was quick or not, I wanted to know, and after that I went to the sand and played with toy cars. We played hide and seek... it was a very nice time, to be honest. I had a lot of friends at the go-kart track, at the age of seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, when it was really about just growing up and having a hobby, you know? [...] It’s a lot of work, a lot of hours you put in, but I have to thank my parents in a way because they never put pressure on me. I understood it was very serious, I understand that they... maybe I understand now better than back then, but I understood that they spent a lot of time with me, sacrificed their lives in a way but we had a good time as a family together. Yeah, even if I wouldn’t be here in Formula One now and successful somewhere else, I don’t know, studying and having a normal job, I would still look back and say it was a nice time we spent together as a family and we would still talk about it every second or third dinner, because they are nice memories that we have. So when I was a child, I wasn’t really... of course, it was a dream to race in Formula One but I think it’s wrong to say it was a target. Later on, when I was 15/16, yes, I had a target but now, looking back, it was very difficult to grasp.

Sebastian Vettel, 2013 Indian GP post-race press conference

By lap 54, Vettel, with victory and the championship in sight, had started to post some very quick sector times trying to get the fastest lap of the race. More than ever it went down badly with Rocky as Vettel’s car was only just holding together – he was told to stop using the drinks bottle (which uses power) and they also switched the KERS off. “Don’t even think about it,” said Rocky as Vettel posted a purple first sector on lap 55, “we’ve got enough problems as it is”. Vettel went ahead and posted the then fastest lap of the race anyway, which invited a cold message from Rocky when he finally crossed the line. “We’ll talk about it later,” he said about the fastest lap effort. “Raikkonen pitted for new tyres on the second last lap and he obliterated your lap…”

F1 SUMMER BREAK EDITING CHALLENGE ↪ favourite radio moments: 2013 Indian GP

alternatively: give rocky a raise

Sebastian Vettel- Buddha International Circuit- Oct 27th - 2013

“Equivalences” by Mónica de la Torre Sebastian Vettel x 4x WDC Wins     ↳ X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X

free them dude

"The signature kiss on a masterpiece of a season 😘 10 years ago, one of F1's all-time iconic moments took place in India, as Seb claimed title #4" - october 27, 2023 📷 @.f1 & @.sebastianvettel / instagram

13/10/2013 | Indian GP

sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton on their way to the drivers parade, india - october 27, 2013 📷 paul gilham / getty

hello, do you have a pic of seb kneeling in front of the red bull with his back to the camera?

i have two! both taken by prakash singh: