Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing collected their world champions’ trophies last night at the FIA Prize Gala in Monaco.
The annual event sees all the world champions from across motorsport officially crowned, with the likes of World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb and World Touring Car champion Yvan Muller also starring.
“This is an amazing evening for me and for the Red Bull Racing team,” said Vettel, who stormed through to win this year’s epic five-way title fight with a late-season surge.
“I’m thrilled to be here to collect the drivers’ championship trophy, something I have dreamt of since I started racing.” ITV
“Winning the championship is unbelievable; it marks an incredible season for us, with many ups and downs. We kept believing in our team, in our car and enjoyed every race.
“I would really like to thank all the Red Bull Racing team and Renault Engines for their efforts and dedication in ensuring we had such an amazing car this year. I am extremely proud of the success we have achieved together.” Tehran Times
It was a memorable season for the Red Bull team, taking a total of 15 pole positions throughout the championship. This season also saw the team achieve six of the fastest laps with Vettel and Webber each scoring three respectively.
“This has been a tough but incredible year for Red Bull Racing. Being presented with the constructors’ championship trophy is the perfect end to what has been an outstanding season for us,” said Horner. “I would like to thank Sebastian and Mark for their hard work and dedication this year. Seb is the youngest ever Formula One world champion and a very deserving one at that. His success is down to what he has done on the circuit and the team is immensely proud of what he has achieved.
“Mark has also done an incredible job this year. He took four Grand Prix victories and drove superbly this season. Both men are incredibly skilled drivers and it is a great pleasure to have them as part of our team. I want to thank all of our staff and in particular Dietrich Mateschitz for his support this year.” Formula 1
The promoters’ award was collected by Chung Yung-cho of the Korea Automobile Racing Association.
“I sincerely thank all of the people who helped to make the event such a success,” he told the audience.
The race at Yeongam was in danger of being cancelled only weeks before its October 24 date and ended almost in the dark on the day after a long delay due to heavy rain.
“Considering what it was and what they’ve had to do, and it’s not been easy to do this event, I think they’ve done a good job,” Formula One’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said at the time.
“The award recognises the state-of-the-art Korean International Circuit,” the FIA said in a statement. Times of India
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