Question: Sebastian, a phenomenal performance last year. Nineteenth on the grid to fifth. Is it a circuit that you enjoy?
Sebastian Vettel: Yes, I do. I mean last year we had a difficult time here as we introduced the car for the first time, so we had no spare parts, nothing. It wasn’t very easy to deal with but in the race, fortunately, it was a chaotic race with wet and dry conditions, so we survived. We were on a one stop strategy and able to catch a lot of cars and in the end score some points, so it was a very good race for us.
Question: How do you feel you have changed since one year ago? Your driving, your own personality?
Sebastian Vettel: Well, I think as a person I am still the same guy. I don’t think I have changed much. Hopefully I have learnt a lot and I feel much more comfortable sitting in the car, driving the car and working together with the crew, with the team. Obviously this year I’m with Red Bull Racing and it is my first season with them. It is a different team but I think I get used to it and getting better I suppose.
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Question: So what are your expectations for the Monaco Grand Prix this year?
Sebastian Vettel: It is always difficult to say and give a number but I think we have a very competitive car. We saw that the last five races. Also independently from the results I think the race was always very good and promising, so why should it change much for here. We have some new bits on the car, so if any they will help us I hope and we will be even stronger, so let’s see.
Question: Your concentration has come out in Monza and China as well. Obviously it is very important around here. Do you see that as one of your assets perhaps?
Sebastian Vettel: I hope so. I mean it is a very long race around here and street circuits are always very difficult. You need to be very focussed. It is all about keeping your concentration up and in the end you need to push just as hard as on a normal circuit but you are not allowed to make any mistakes. It is a bit more spicy but I think that is the extra challenge around here.
Question: How important is a driver on this track? Can you say what the difference is for a driver with the other tracks and here?
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, I mean basically on this circuit the driver is very important, more important than on other circuits. You don’t have a lot of room for mistakes and you need to be quite brave around here and as I said before you need to push just as hard as on any other circuit but that is the difficult thing as you have got the walls and the rails everywhere. It is difficult but good fun. So I think, to answer the question, the driver here is more important and by how much is difficult to say. You always need a good car as well but maybe the driver can make more of a difference here
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