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14 Nov. 2010 — A young man from Heppenheim, Germany is eye-level with the same greatness he saw in so many others before him, and the same kind he will see in many after.

On this day in 2010, Sebastian Vettel achieved the first of his four consecutive World Championships; branding his name on Formula One’s history forever.

6 days after the 12-year anniversary of his first world title, Sebastian Vettel will race at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi for the last time in Formula One.

Schönen Dank, Seb. I hope your retirement party is a fucking rager.

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Fernando Alonso’s golden racing boots.

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“I think Kimi [Räikkönen] is actually the biggest natural talent I’ve come across, ever,”

Sebastian Vettel during Beyond the Grid F1 Podcast with Tom Clarkson

“Just in terms of raw speed, I think. And it shows in the car, obviously, but it shows also in any other form of car. I think switching — if there was a discipline of switching cars every day — after ten days he would be lapping everyone else, just because he’s a natural, it doesn’t take time to adapt to the car, to what the car requires.”

“If you give him a steering wheel, he knows what to do with it. Sometimes you feel it’s unfair, you need to get used to it first and get an idea of the track or the conditions, but for him it’s just… boom.”

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2 Nov. 2008 — Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso embrace one another on the podium at the Brazillian Gran Prix (Interlagos). Massa won the race, but had lost the World Championship.

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Kevin, once again, advocates for his teammate & friend.

He’s a class-act. That’s it. That’s the damn post.

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Fernando: Jenson my friend! I’m sure you wanted to hear my voice before starting the race! Just wishing you the best of luck. We follow you here on the television — you did amazing yesterday, so yeah — please have fun my friend, and take care of my car.

Jenson: OK, I’m gonna pee in your seat!

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Peek-a-boo, guess who?

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