News Details

Vettel: Championship defeat in 2009 harder to take that 2018

Scuderia Ferrari‘s Sebastian Vettel says his 2009 title defeat to Jenson Button was ‘harder to take' that both his 2017 and 2018 defeats to Lewis Hamilton as the German targets back-to-backs wins to end a disappointing season. The German driver was pipped to the championship in 2009 by just eleven points with early season mistakes in Australia and Malaysia ultimately costing the then 21-year-old his first world title. “Three times now I have been in a position like that, with 2017, 2009 and this year,” he said ahead of this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix. “Probably 2009 was the worst one and the lowest point. 'You never know what the next year brings so you never know...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Vettel: '18 F1 title defeat not as bad as 'lowest...

Sebastian Vettel says missing out on the 2009 Formula 1 world...
6y ago from Crash.net

Vettel: 2009 loss was harder to swallow

Sebastian Vettel insists he's not done with Ferrari as giving up is not...
6y ago from PlanetF1.com

Sebastian Vettel: 2009 title defeat was worse than...

Sebastian Vettel says his title defeat in 2009 was worse than missing out...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Pedro Acosta still ‘focused' on KTM amid Honda...

Pedro Acosta's manager Albert Valera has provided an update regarding his...

Marc Marquez tops mid-season Jerez MotoGP test

Ducati’s Marc Marquez responded to his crash at the MotoGP Spanish...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou tops busy final Indy 500 test day

The NTT IndyCar Series wrapped up a two day test session on Thursday,...

Larson, Sato crash in high-boost Indy 500 test session

The second day of IndyCar’s Indy 500 open test opened with qualifying...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Toyota Gazoo Racing's silver lining

Toyota Gazoo Racing has a silver lining, literally. Not content with a...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez ready to...

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is reportedly ready to ‘roll up...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

After Liverpool are crowned champions of England, Reds...

Liverpool legend Graeme Souness has named two clubs that could challenge...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal vs. Paris Saint-Germain: Winner of semi-final...

Arsenal are set to take on French giants Paris Saint-Germain in the first...
3h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Manchester City fan tells Nasser Al-Khelaifi what PSG...

According to a report by Le Parisien, a Manchester City fan has told Paris...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.