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About 50,000 fans braved the cold on the streets of Heppenheim, birthplace of Sebastian Vettel, to receive his famous champion

Has gone through a long week for Heppenheim, the birthplace of Sebastian Vettel, would pay tribute to his famous world champion in Formula 1.

After winning the title Abu Dhabi, the Red Bull driver made two flying visits to the headquarters of the energy drink brand, in Salzburg, as the team’s facility in Milton Keynes, before returning to the Emirates to participate in the first preseason test with Pirelli tires in the Yas Marina circuit. Read the rest of this entry »

The owner of the Formula 1 team Red Bull, the Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, believes his team and the German driver Sebastian Vettel, the new world champion, will be even stronger in 2011

“From the beginning the plan was to open an era like Michael Schumacher at Ferrari,” Mateschitz said in an interview published in the newspaper “Welt am Sonntag.”

Despite the accolades, Mateschitz ruled that Vettel has the number one status over his fellow Australian Mark Webber, next year. “Mark and he will be treated in the future the same way. Sebastian must once again demonstrate its potential next year and Mark Webber will not be so easy,” he told the Sunday “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.” “The extra winning the title will not help,” the billionaire energy drinks. Read the rest of this entry »

Although Red Bull’s Young Driver Development programme guarantees the presence of hopefuls keen to make the final step into Formula One, team principal Franz Tost said he sees no reason to make changes.

Switzerland’s Buemi, 21, and Spaniard Alguersuari, 20, have competed in just 27 and 18 grands prix respectively and complete the youngest driver line-up of any Formula One team.

Tost, however, believes the team will benefit more and more as their drivers gain experience.
Improvement

“Our drivers still lack F1 experience compared to the majority of their colleagues,” said Tost.

“Therefore, as they get more track time with every race, I expect to see an improvement in the final half of the season.

“It is not just a case of their driving getting better, because it is also true their understanding and engineering feedback improves, which is vital if we are to get the most out of our package. Read the rest of this entry »