Comments on: Sebastian Vettel confirmed as Red Bull driver for 2009 – try to look surprised

By: William Wilgus

William Wilgus — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:50:27 +0000

Darn . . . who could have guessed!

By: Uppili

Uppili — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:49:28 +0000

Good for Vettel and maybe for Redbull too. I am not surprised he has moved up but i am surprised that Redbull announced it so early. Maybe they realized Vettel would be snapped by some other manufacturer team if they did not give this promotion to him. Now its time to see if Vettel or Webber is as good as they are perceived to be.

This really should have been the way they should have handled Liuzzi’s career as well. Instead, they screwed him royally.

By: Sush

Sush — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:47:04 +0000

I agree with shoemakingisgreat (sorry)

the kid put his STR2-B in 9th place at Melbourne, a car that doesn’t have seamless shift.

By: sChUmAcHeRtHeGrEaTeStEvEr

sChUmAcHeRtHeGrEaTeStEvEr — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:42:31 +0000

a few months ago grand prix.com were reporting about rumours that vettel was going to ferrari next year.

chaz, the hype is coming from the fact hes getting the torro rosso reguarly into the top 10 in qualifying when it really isnt a good car probably the 9th best in the field, really he should be qualifying in the mid-late teens.

i think vettel looks very good and whenever its wet he looks like scoring a big result (when dc doesnt take him out on the 1st lap that is)

By: Mick

Mick — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:08:58 +0000

Hype comes with pressure. I hope Vettel has the mettel ‘cos if he doesn’t the press know how to take you down.

The one thing he has on his side though, is that he’s making steady progression, advancing from a tail-end (?) team to a midfielder. I think it allows him to learn before he is considered for Ferrari or BMW perhaps.

By: Sassan

Sassan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:00:15 +0000

Alain Prost said that LH didn’t have to learn the hard way because he was put straight into a good car, however vettel seems to be. You would of thought nowadays that tomorrow he would be at ferrari.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:52:24 +0000

Chaz - two previous articles on Vettel that might shed some light: Sebastian Vettel: better than Hamilton? Sebastian Vettel: the driver debates

By: Chaz

Chaz — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:37:28 +0000

Sometimes I struggle to understand the hype behind certain drivers. I’m not saying he’s not very good but merely trying to understand why he is so sought after in the pit lane as his results don’t seem to tally with the hype. Whats the edge he has that others don’t have? Frankly I just enjoy seeing all the drivers giving 100% of their best.

a little confused and bemused.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:53:18 +0000

Terry – you’re welcome! I’ll try to fit more in in future…

By: Robert Mckay

Robert Mckay — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:17:06 +0000

It’s nice of them to tell us now and save us months of “Vettel to Red Bull?” rumours.