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Super Vettel remains hungry, eager to learn all the time

October 29, 2011

Sebastian Vettel

The greatest champions of sport are constantly seeking perfection, looking to learn all the time and keep making incremental improvements. Red Bull Racing’s German ace Sebastian Vettel, who has already secured this season’s world Formula One championship, showed that he has all such qualities by remaining motivated and hungry to win the inaugural Grand Prix of India in Greater Noida on Sunday.

On Saturday, he was in complete command of car and strategy as he claimed pole position for the 13th time this season with a lap of 1 minute 24.178 seconds in qualifying. In doing so, he showed that he was eager to become ‘a happy and proud’ first winner of the Grand Prix of India and secure his 11th victory in 17 races this season. He was only underscoring that excellence was only a matter of habit.

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Many emotions on show, dust adds to challenge

October 28, 2011

Michael Schumacher steers his Mercedes GP Petronas car on FridayThe simultaneous roar of 24 Formula 1 cars, heard for the first time on Indian soil on Friday, was music to the ears of the thousands of fans who made their way to the Buddh International Circuit here. National pride was showcased the strongest as India joined an elite league of nations hosting F1 Grands Prix.

Of course, there was a whole gamut of emotions on show on Friday, not the least being the delight that HRT Racing’s Narain Karthikeyan experienced. He will have the honour of being the only Indian on the starting grid on Sunday and naturally had many things running through his mind as he went on the first lap in the morning.

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The fire rages bright in Schumi

October 27, 2011

Michael Schumacher smiles when hearing a question from a media representative

He won his first Formula 1 race 20 years ago. He has secured an amazing 91 victories, 154 podium finishes from a whopping 284 starts. One of world’s richest sportspersons, he had acquired cult status in the sport in far off lands as he passed many milestones and claimed seven world championship crowns.

And yet, in the past two years since German F1 legend Michael Schumacher decided to come back to the sport that he dominated, he has had to face questions about lingering on as a driver in Formula 1. Indian cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and even Rahul Dravid will empathise with his predicament.

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