In the post-race press conference, 2010 world champion Sebastian Vettel has said that his team did not inform him he was about to win the title until the very last lap.
Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber were stuck down in 7th and 8th places repsectively, meaning that Vettel was 4 points clear of the Ferrari when the chequered flag fell. However, as Sebastian tells us, he didn’t know much about it:
To be honest I didn’t know anything until I took the
chequered flag. The last ten laps I was wondering because
my race engineer Rocky was trying to give me advice in
the last ten laps to bring the car home. And I was think
“why is this guy so nervous? We must be in a bloody good
position.”
And then crossing the line he came on the line very
silently and said “it’s looking good, we have to wait
until the cars finish” and I was thinking “what does he
mean?” Because I hadn’t seen the screens, I just wanted
to make sure not to get any distractions, just focus on
myself.
And then he comes on the radio and screams at me that we’ve
won the world championship.
I have to say thanks to a lot of people, I will surely
forget a lot of those but to start with the team, all the
guys here at the race track, all my mechanics – all the
mechanics in the team, not only my mechanics – everyone.
The engineers – sorry I’ve made this a bit long – we have
an extremely strong amount of people together working in
harmony. Back in Milton Keynes the guys are pushing like
hell and I think they’ll enjoy this moment as much as
last year.
Back in Austria, all the people that have been supporting
me from the beginning. It’s been an incredible season with
Red Bull and after this season’s ups and downs, to come
here and lead the world championship at the last race is
unbelievable.
Thanks and also thanks to all the people back in karting,
some of them are in Kerpen supporting me, but also back
in my home town, Heppenheim, I just want to say thank
you very much.
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