Question: This weekend was your first encounter with the Montreal track. How did you like it?
Sebastian Vettel: I like it. It’s one of those tracks that has a lot of soul, character and tradition - like Monza or Spa. And it’s hellish difficult to drive, with all the chicanes and kerbs. I have experienced it the hard way…
Question: To race a new car in Monaco was risky but it paid off with your fifth place. I could imagine that nobody was more surprised than you to finish with four points…
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, that’s true. To introduce a new car in Monaco was risky. I am not sure if it has ever been done before but we had to bring it to the track as soon as possible because every lap, every practice session that we do as drivers gives us more experience and the engineers more data. So coming to Montreal with the Monaco result helped me and the team.
Question: Before your successes in Monaco and Montreal, you had scored only four retirements and a 17th-place finish. Had a touch of self doubt crept into your psyche before Monte Carlo?
Sebastian Vettel: Self doubt? Never! The first four races, when we had those first-lap incidents, was something completely out of my reach - so why rack my brains over it. I simply focused on the next race. The first real chance for me was Monaco and I took it with both hands. And in Montreal I scored one point, although the last 10 laps didn’t make my life easy as the cars I had behind were quite strong. That’s all that matters.
Question: Over the winter it was reported that McLaren were interested in you. Wasn’t it tempting to join them?
Sebastian Vettel: Of course my target one day is to race for one of the big teams because I am not here to just participate, to enjoy the life and see different countries - I am here to race. It was a real honour that a team like McLaren was interested in me at that stage - probably it will happen again!
Question: The team’s future is still somewhat unclear…
Sebastian Vettel: I know a little bit of the internal situation so I am very confident. My focus is only for this year and so I don’t have any concerns.
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