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F1 does not Define my Life: Vettel

Published 07/15/2018, 9:05 AM EDT

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Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has said that being an Formula 1 driver is just a job. It is important to remember that it doesn’t define who he is as a person.

The Ferrari driver heads into the German Grand Prix as the championship leader by eight points over Lewis Hamilton. He took over the lead, having won last time out at the British Grand Prix.

The German is hoping to win on home soil at the Hockenheimring. Vettel is known for maintaining his privacy away from social media. He only has his official website as a main media platform for posts relating to him.

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In a recent interview, Vettel said that even though F1 is part of his life, it doesn’t define him as a person.

“Obviously F1 is a big part of my life but it is not the most important thing.” said Vettel.  “They are linked, but it is important there is a lot of time where it doesn’t define who I am.

“I don’t feel special because of what I do for a job.  I am a lot of other things as well. It doesn’t define me as a person. It is not who I am, it is what I do.”

Vettel lives a rather quiet and “boring” life style, compare to championship rival Lewis Hamilton. The British driver revels in the company of the media and celebrity guests in his garage every race weekend.

The German is happy with doing normal stuff like an average person.

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“I am happy to do things that people think are boring but for me they are not,” Vettel continued.  “Being at home, mowing the lawn. I cook – not so good, but from time to time. I do the school run, I go shopping, I take the metro and the bus. I think it’s just normal to be normal.

“I am sportsman, I am not celebrity. When I go somewhere and somebody recognises me I think they are interested in sport and not in how I do my hair, or which shoes I am wearing, or that b******s.”

Vettel hit the headlines last year at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix for all the wrong reasons. He lost his cool and made contact with Hamilton under the safety car.

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“I wasn’t intending to hurt him, or end his race, or my race,” Vettel clarifies. “But of course I am excited at times and feel the adrenalin.

“People would be surprised. They have the image that drivers under the helmet are all ‘Arggh!’ But you have to be calm in the way you drive because it takes all your concentration.”

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Dhruv George is a senior Formula One and NASCAR analyst for EssentiallySports, having authored nearly 12000 articles spanning different sports like F1, NASCAR, Tennis, NFL, and eSports. He graduated with a PG Diploma in Journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications. Dhruv has also conducted interviews with F1 driver Pierre Gasly and Moto2 rider Tony Arbolino.
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