Question: Sebastian, one point in Monza does not make for a happy Red Bull driver. Why was it such a difficult weekend for the team?
Sebastian Vettel: To be honest, we were struggling from the beginning onwards. We were quite confident going into the weekend, but clearly in the end you could say that we did not have the pace. Monza obviously seems to be not our best circuit - even though I had a fantastic moment there last year. It was not raining, which definitely would have helped us, and in the end we were lucky to take one point. But looking at the result, with the Brawns on top, it was a bad weekend for us. So we are looking forward to Singapore as the target there will clearly be to win, as it is the target at all remaining races. Scoring the maximum points is the target, and regarding the championship, we will see what that means.
Question: You said that you consider yourself still in the running for the title. You are 26 points behind Jenson Button, but you must have an idea of how to overcome that gap. Where and when are your best chances to attack?
Sebastian Vettel: Everywhere and anytime! From now on our target has to be to win. We will see every race separately, and in the end we will count the points and will see whether it is enough or not. It’s true the gap is quite big - 26 points says it all - and it will be very difficult to catch up, but be sure we will try.
Question: Over the course of a year you have gone from promising youngster to one of the top dogs. Your life must have changed a lot. How do you deal with that?
Sebastian Vettel: Life hasn’t changed much. I am still the same person, but for sure you learn every day, you try to improve together with the team, and I can say that after a couple of months I feel very much at home. When you start finishing on the podium or winning races it helps as you get more respect from people. And it helps if you have an opinion - you have the weight to get things done. The more you move up the pecking order, the more careful you get, as you might find your notions immediately in the media. Probably it was more relaxed 20 years ago. But in the end you are who you are, and you cannot change for anyone, and you shouldn’t. Of course some things are always better left unsaid and you learn that when dealing with the media.
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